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Yangshan Port Phase IV automated container terminal

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Yangshan Deep-Water Port's Phase IV, opened December 2017, runs unmanned automated guided vehicles and remotely operated cranes over a 2,350 m quay with seven berths — described by Chinese state media as the world's largest single-phase automated container terminal. A 5G/fibre network lets operators control cranes from an onshore office; around 400 staff run it.

Live 📅 since 2017
Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byShanghai Port / SIPG
Scale🗺️ Regional
Cost≈¥12.848 billion (about US$2.1bn at the ECB reference rate of ¥6.13 to the dollar on 20 November 2014) — the investment approved by China's National Development and Reform Commission in November 2014, 30% equity and the rest bank credit. That is an approval, not a final account: no statement of what the terminal actually cost has been published.

📊 Impact

Shanghai Port topped 50 million TEU in 2024, a world first, with Yangshan Phase IV a major contributor; the terminal's design capacity has been raised toward about 7 million TEU. Throughput and staffing figures are reported by the port operator and state media, not independently audited.

🚲 MobilityAutonomous vehiclesConnectivity & 5GSensors & IoT

Sources

↗ Xinhua (state press)Published 10 December 2017Reports the 10 December 2017 opening; describes it as the world's largest single-phase automated terminal (state media).
↗ Huawei (technology supplier)Supplier account of the 5G/F5G network, remote crane control and ~400-staff operation; marketing source.
↗ Shanghai Port / SIPG (operator)Published 25 December 2024Port operator announcement of Shanghai's 50-million-TEU 2024 throughput record (self-reported).
↗ Yicai (financial press) — NDRC approval, 20 November 2014
↗ Shanghai municipal portal (government) — Yangshan Phase IV approved, 20 November 2014
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↗ China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017

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Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2017. 5 of 6 sources carry a publication date, from 20 November 2014 to 25 December 2024.

When the sources were published

  1. Yicai (第一财经) · pressYicai (financial press) — NDRC approval, 20 November 2014
  2. 上海市商务委员会（市口岸办）(Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce / Port Office) · city governmentShanghai municipal portal (government) — Yangshan Phase IV approved, 20 November 2014
  3. Xinhua News Agency · pressXinhua (state press)
  4. China Belt and Road Portal (中国一带一路网) · national governmentChina Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017
  5. Shanghai International Port (Group) (SIPG) · operatorShanghai Port / SIPG (operator)

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Evidence Passport · public beta 2 addressable claims, 6 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The passport is unreviewed — an AI-assisted structural migration, not a human or expert endorsement. Every revision keeps a permanent copy under revision history.

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Claim 1 clm-2b42e16c9659e440 quantitative
opened December 2017
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What the mapping says
The state portal reports the opening date directly: '12月10日，全球最大单体自动化智能码头和全球综合自动化程度最高的码头——洋山港四期码头正式开港' — on 10 December the Yangshan Phase IV terminal formally opened.
Caveat
State media. The same report gives the design throughput as 4 million TEU initially and 6.3 million long term, which is lower than the figure this entry carries in its impact line.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017
Claim 2 clm-d6402eb09d399e41 descriptive
seven berths
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What the mapping says
The opening report states '该码头共建设7个集装箱泊位' — the terminal was built with seven container berths. The 2014 approval names the same seven: '计划建设5个5万吨级和2个7万吨级集装箱泊位', five of 50,000 tonnes and two of 70,000.
Caveat
The 2014 approval puts the total berth length at 2,800 m, while this entry states a 2,350 m quay. The two figures are not reconciled here; the approval describes the approved design, the entry describes what opened.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017
  2. Shanghai municipal portal (government) — Yangshan Phase IV approved, 20 November 2014
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unreviewed Revision 2026-08-20-source-dates-r2 effective 2026-08-15 · created 2026-08-20

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Shanghai Port / SIPG
Actor types
utility
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public
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
≈¥12.848 billion (about US$2.1bn at the ECB reference rate of ¥6.13 to the dollar on 20 November 2014) — the investment approved by China's National Development and Reform Commission in November 2014, 30% equity and the rest bank credit. That is an approval, not a final account: no statement of what the terminal actually cost has been published.
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6 source dossiers

Xinhua (state press) xinhuanet.com · background

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Name not classified · xinhuanet.com
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-12-10
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Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-20
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No local capture recorded
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Open the recorded source note

Reports the 10 December 2017 opening; describes it as the world's largest single-phase automated terminal (state media).

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Background source; no baseline claim points here
Huawei (technology supplier) huawei.com · background

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src-e576a88caf090934
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Name not classified · huawei.com
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web-page · language not classified
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Record last verified
2026-08-15
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2026-08-20
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Open the recorded source note

Supplier account of the 5G/F5G network, remote crane control and ~400-staff operation; marketing source.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
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Background source; no baseline claim points here
Shanghai Port / SIPG (operator) en.portshanghai.com.cn · background

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src-a94e5c3cf89b5161
Publisher
Name not classified · en.portshanghai.com.cn
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-12-25
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Record last verified
2026-08-15
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2026-08-20
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No local capture recorded
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Open the recorded source note

Port operator announcement of Shanghai's 50-million-TEU 2024 throughput record (self-reported).

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Background source; no baseline claim points here
Yicai (financial press) — NDRC approval, 20 November 2014 yicai.com · background

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src-c5bc33a62d61eba2
Publisher
Name not classified · yicai.com
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2014-11-20
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Record last verified
2026-08-15
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2026-08-20
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No archived copy linked
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No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
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Background source; no baseline claim points here
Shanghai municipal portal (government) — Yangshan Phase IV approved, 20 November 2014 kab.sww.sh.gov.cn · 1 linked claim

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src-a80c4e52980fb039
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Name not classified · kab.sww.sh.gov.cn
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2014-11-20
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Record last verified
2026-08-15
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2026-08-20
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No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
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Claims linked
China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017 yidaiyilu.gov.cn · 2 linked claims

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src-a962043523fd0f45
Publisher
Name not classified · yidaiyilu.gov.cn
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-12-11
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Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-20
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
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  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Yangshan Port Phase IV automated container terminal” — Shanghai, China. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/shanghai-yangshan-port-phase-iv/ (last verified 2026-08-15). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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