Tianjin Port saw cargo throughput rise 4 percent year-on-year to 251 million tons in the first seven months of this year, according to the Tianjin Port (Group) Company.
The container throughput of the northern Chinese port surpassed 10.29 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in the period, also up 4 percent year-on-year.
During the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, the port helped cities and industries get what they need. It handled 2.16 million tons of preventative supplies, and donated 55,800 masks and 800 liters of disinfectant to other ports.
Tianjin Port also witnessed the successful unloading of major Airbus components 500 times.
The port, on the coast of the Bohai Sea, is a pivotal shipping outlet for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, a meeting point on the Belt and Road, and an important stop on the New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor.
The company aims to make the port smarter and greener over the next few decades.
With the full use of intelligent technologies, it has built a world-first automated container facility, with intelligent tallying being realized for all terminals for the first time.
It now owns 91 5G base stations and 52 will be added in the second half of the year to promote stable applications in remote control and unmanned operation.
To reduce emissions, the port promotes the use of railways instead of roads to transport materials such as iron ore. Other efforts to be 'greener' include more than 20 million yuan($2.89 million) of investment in setting some 174 atmospheric monitoring points at sensitive parts of the port.
With more new routes opening to countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road initiative, the port's integration into the national campaign has also been deepened.
Source:Chinadaily
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