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Major China Port Banks on Robots to Beat Post-Covid Disruptions
- Tianjin port wants to fully automate its dock operations
- Ports look to build supply chain resilience after Covid
Autonomous vehicles transport shipping containers at Tianjin port.
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One of the world’s biggest ports is working to fully automate all dock operations in a bid to cope with Covid-induced supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages.
China’s northern Tianjin port is looking to develop a “digital twin” in three to five years, Yang Jiemin, vice president of parent Tianjin Port Group Co., told reporters this week.