Tuesday, February 27, 2018

  Largest automated container terminal: world record set in Shanghai (VIDEO)

   SHANGHAI, China -- Located at the south of Donghai Bridge, phase 4 of the Yangshan Port covers 2.23 million square metres and has a 2,350-metre shoreline, thus setting the new world record for the Largest automated container terminal , according to the World Record Academy .

Photo: Yangshan Port in China's Shanghai opens a new terminal, with a staggering design capacity of 6.3 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). And it's automated. ( enlarge photo )

    Once it enters full operation, the fourth phase of the Yangshan Port will initially be able to handle 4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). The number will expand to 6.3 million TEUs at a later stage.

    The project uses automated handling equipment designed and manufactured in China.

   The machinery used in loading and unloading, including a bridge crane, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) and a rail-mounted gantry crane, are all made in China by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD (TM) for the largest box of popcorn was achieved by Cineplexx (International) with a volume of 52.59m³ (1857 ft³), which was filled in 1 hour and 57 minutes at an event outside Avenue Mall in Osijek, Croatia, on 16 April 2011.

   GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (TM) also recognized the world record for the largest container of body cream; measuring 2 m (6 ft 6.7 in) in diameter, 53 cm (1 ft 8.8 in) high and holding 1,124,490 ml (247.4 gal / 323.476 US gallons) of NIVEA Creme, it was created by Beiersdorf Hellas and unveiled in Athens, Greece on 15 December 2001.

    "The automated terminal not only increases the port's handling efficiency, but also reduces carbon emissions by up to 10 per cent," said Chen Wuyuan, president of Shanghai International Port Group.

   So far, the first set of machinery, including 10 bridge cranes, 40 rail-mounted gantry cranes and 50 AGVs, have been tested and put into trial operation.    In future, there will be 26 bridge cranes, 120 rail- mounted gantry cranes and 130 AGVs used at the port, the report said.