For the second year in a row, the port of Shanghai handled its 50 millionth TEU – this time 26 days earlier than in 2024, when the milestone was first achieved.
The milestone, reached on November 26, marks another record-breaking year for the port’s annual container throughput, serving as a tribute to the 20th anniversary of the Yangshan Port Area’s opening.
“This achievement cannot have been made possible without a strategic shift from “scale-based expansion” to “ecosystem restructuring.” Venturing away from the traditional model of simply stacking hardware, the Port of Shanghai has adopted a system-based approach to build a broad, collaborative operational ecosystem,” the port said in its statement.
Along these lines, it was mentioned that “Digital intelligence has become the core driving force – and a vivid testament to China’s capacity for indigenous innovation.”
Officials highlight that the port has moved beyond stand-alone equipment automation and entered a brand-new stage of end-to-end intelligent collaboration.
Thanks to the application of cutting-edge technologies (such as F5G, digital twins, and high-precision positioning), remote operation, unmanned transport, and intelligent scheduling have become routine, port officials said, marking a fundamental shift from “human-controlled” to “AI-controlled” practice.
At the same time, partnership-driven growth with other ports along key corridors is reshaping the region’s logistics map. Through resource sharing and complementary strengths with ports along key corridors, the port of Shanghai said that it is building an interconnected logistics network.
