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Yangshan Port Phase IV automated container terminal

Revision 2026-09-27-popular-uplift · effective 2026-09-27

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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-2b42e16c9659e440 quantitative
opened December 2017
Published field
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What the mapping says
People's Daily, republished on the Belt and Road Portal, reports that the terminal formally opened on 10 December (2017); Xinhua reports trial operations starting the same day.
Caveat
Xinhua describes the 10 December 2017 start as trial operations.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017
  2. Xinhua (state press)
Claim 2 clm-1f2010ee8d79a631 descriptive
runs unmanned automated guided vehicles and remotely operated cranes
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What the mapping says
People's Daily reports the first 10 quay cranes, 40 rail-mounted gantry cranes and 50 automated guided vehicles in service, quay cranes 'all automated and remotely operated'; Xinhua names the AGVs.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017
  2. Xinhua (state press)
Claim 3 clm-f55e67a075055e90 quantitative
over a 2,350 m quay
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What the mapping says
Xinhua: 'has a 2,350-meter shoreline'; People's Daily: container quay length 2,350 m.
Caveat
The 2014 approval gives a total berth length of 2,800 m, which includes a work-vessel berth alongside the container quay.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017
  2. Xinhua (state press)
Claim 4 clm-d6402eb09d399e41 descriptive
seven berths
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What the mapping says
The opening report states the terminal was built with seven container berths; the 2014 approval names five of 50,000 tonnes and two of 70,000.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

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
Claim 5 clm-29aad6753f88a7f2 descriptive
described by Chinese state media as the world's largest single-phase automated container terminal
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What the mapping says
People's Daily calls it 全球最大单体自动化智能码头 — the world's largest single automated smart terminal; Xinhua calls it 'the world's biggest automated container terminal'.
Caveat
A state-media description, not an independent ranking.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017
  2. Xinhua (state press)
Claim 6 clm-c22141bb7f89b65e quantitative
A fibre (F5G) network lets operators control cranes from an onshore office
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What the mapping says
Huawei, which built the network, says Phase IV 'implements F5G, the fifth generation of optical network technologies' and that crane operators work from an office watching high-definition video.
Caveat
Supplier account.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Huawei (technology supplier)
Claim 7 clm-2ffcb4b77247e09d quantitative
around 400 staff run it
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What the mapping says
Huawei: in May 2023 the terminal handled 26,066 TEU in 24 hours 'because the facility only employs 400 staff'; without digital transformation, it says, it would need 1,000.
Caveat
Figure from the network supplier's marketing page, as of 2023.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Huawei (technology supplier)
Claim 8 clm-a1032e1f760bdd2d quantitative
The terminal handled more than 8 million TEU in 2025, state media report
Published field
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What the mapping says
People's Daily, republished by Qiushi: 'In 2025, the phase IV automated terminal of Shanghai Yangshan Deep Water Port handled more than 8 million TEUs'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Qiushi (republishing People's Daily) — How Shanghai powers the world's fastest port operations (14 Aug 2026)
Claim 9 clm-73c5f2994579d11a quantitative
operator SIPG says its annual capacity has been raised from the 6.3 million TEU of the original design to 8 million
Published field
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What the mapping says
The Pudong government page: 'According to the Shanghai International Port Group, Yangshan Phase IV's annual throughput capacity has increased from 6.3 million to 8 million TEUs.' Xinhua's 2017 report gives the original 4 million initial and 6.3 million long-term design.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Pudong New Area government — Shanghai Port achieves record container throughput (31 Oct 2025)
  2. Xinhua (state press)
Claim 10 clm-0ebff7a324d3b405 quantitative
On 22 December 2024 it loaded the container that took Shanghai Port as a whole past 50 million TEU in a year
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What the mapping says
SIPG: on the morning of 22 December 2024, at Yangshan Phase IV, the 50 millionth TEU of Shanghai Port's 2024 throughput was loaded onto a deep-sea liner.
Caveat
The 50 million TEU is the throughput of the whole port of Shanghai, not of this terminal.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Shanghai Port / SIPG (operator)
Claim 11 clm-4139e8d8856cf75e descriptive
which SIPG calls a world record
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What the mapping says
SIPG: the port's annual throughput 'surpassed 50 million TEUs for the first time, setting a new global record'.
Caveat
The operator's own characterisation.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Shanghai Port / SIPG (operator)
Claim 12 clm-5d1c9cd0c88afe09 descriptive
Throughput and staffing figures are reported by the port operator and state media, not independently audited.
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What the mapping says
The throughput, capacity and staffing figures above come from SIPG, state media or the network supplier; none of the listed sources reports an audit.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Shanghai Port / SIPG (operator)
  2. Qiushi (republishing People's Daily) — How Shanghai powers the world's fastest port operations (14 Aug 2026)
  3. Pudong New Area government — Shanghai Port achieves record container throughput (31 Oct 2025)
  4. Huawei (technology supplier)
Claim 13 clm-3453663d58f01e83 descriptive
Yangshan Phase IV laid optical fibre rather than retrofitting wireless
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What the mapping says
Huawei explains that 5G suits terminals already in operation, but 'when building a new terminal ... it's possible to digitally transform the site by laying out optical fiber', as Phase IV did.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Huawei (technology supplier)
Claim 14 clm-d1c8d33678400661 quantitative
moved crane operators into control rooms, some over 100 km from the quay
Published field
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What the mapping says
People's Daily (via Qiushi): operators moved from crane cabins to control centres more than 30 km away and to remote sites in downtown Shanghai over 100 km from the terminal.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Qiushi (republishing People's Daily) — How Shanghai powers the world's fastest port operations (14 Aug 2026)
  2. Huawei (technology supplier)
Claim 15 clm-496abada5f74b42d descriptive
Every figure on what that achieved comes from the operator, its supplier or state media
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
All performance figures in the listed sources are published by SIPG, Huawei or state media outlets.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Shanghai Port / SIPG (operator)
  2. Qiushi (republishing People's Daily) — How Shanghai powers the world's fastest port operations (14 Aug 2026)
  3. Pudong New Area government — Shanghai Port achieves record container throughput (31 Oct 2025)
  4. Huawei (technology supplier)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Shanghai Port / SIPG
Actor types
utility
Funding model
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.
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

8 source dossiers

Xinhua (state press) xinhuanet.com · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-4cfd355798026604
Publisher
Name not classified · xinhuanet.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-12-10
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

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

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Huawei (technology supplier) huawei.com · 6 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-e576a88caf090934
Publisher
Name not classified · huawei.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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Locator
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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Shanghai Port / SIPG (operator) en.portshanghai.com.cn · 4 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-a94e5c3cf89b5161
Publisher
Name not classified · en.portshanghai.com.cn
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-12-25
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

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

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Claims linked
Yicai (financial press) — NDRC approval, 20 November 2014 yicai.com · background

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Stable source ID
src-c5bc33a62d61eba2
Publisher
Name not classified · yicai.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2014-11-20
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
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Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
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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Stable source ID
src-a80c4e52980fb039
Publisher
Name not classified · kab.sww.sh.gov.cn
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2014-11-20
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
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Archive
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Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
China Belt and Road Portal (government, republishing People's Daily) — Yangshan Phase IV opens, 11 December 2017 yidaiyilu.gov.cn · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-a962043523fd0f45
Publisher
Name not classified · yidaiyilu.gov.cn
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-12-11
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
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No local capture recorded
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Claims linked
Qiushi (republishing People's Daily) — How Shanghai powers the world's fastest port operations (14 Aug 2026) en.qstheory.cn · 4 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-9d90f21cdc613188
Publisher
Name not classified · en.qstheory.cn
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-08-14
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
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No local capture recorded
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

People's Daily report republished by Qiushi: the terminal handled more than 8 million TEU in 2025; crane operators work from control rooms more than 30 km and over 100 km away.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Pudong New Area government — Shanghai Port achieves record container throughput (31 Oct 2025) english.pudong.gov.cn · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-5a95af871cb3ea02
Publisher
Name not classified · english.pudong.gov.cn
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-10-31
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

District government page citing SIPG: Yangshan Phase IV's annual capacity raised from 6.3 million to 8 million TEU, with 2025 throughput reaching 8 million.

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Claims linked
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  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • 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.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.