Shanghai's F5G Smart Port, powered by Huawei, moves dock hands to city offices

Summary

The video highlights the role of innovative technologies like optical communications, AI, and 5G in transforming port operations. It focuses on Huawei's F5G Ultra remote control solution at Shanghai's Yangshan Port, enhancing efficiency and safety in automatic terminal operations. By leveraging low-latency optical networks and simplified system architectures, the solution ensures smooth, uninterrupted operations while reducing training times for workers and improving working conditions. The solution has been running successfully for over a year, demonstrating the potential of optical communication to revolutionize port logistics and supporting the development of global industry standards for remote container crane control.

Takeaways

• 😀 Forests play a crucial role in logistics by ensuring smooth supply chains, supported by innovative technologies like Optical Communications, autonomous driving, AI, and 5G.
• 😀 Automatic and intelligent terminal operations are a major trend in the future of port operations, improving efficiency in tasks like ship entry and vertical transportation.
• 😀 Vertical transportation, especially via key cranes, is a challenging yet essential step for realizing automatic terminal operations in ports.
• 😀 PLC control signaling latency exceeding 10 seconds can interrupt operations and pose safety risks, with video traffic surges causing network congestion.
• 😀 Traditional network architectures are complex, prone to high failure rates, and require long training periods for machine operators in ports.
• 😀 High-temperature and high-altitude operations pose significant safety risks for traditional port machine operators.
• 😀 Huawei's f5g Ultra remote control solution has been deployed at Yangshan Port, significantly increasing efficiency and ensuring smooth operations with zero faults for over a year.
• 😀 The f5g solution guarantees deterministic low latency (less than one millisecond) for remote control over a 45 km distance between the control center and key cranes.
• 😀 Dynamic bandwidth allocation technology ensures that video signals receive fixed bandwidth, preventing video freezing and optimizing network resources.
• 😀 The solution reduces network failure rates by simplifying the architecture from 5 layers to 2 layers, offering dual-channel optical fiber redundancy protection.
• 😀 Huawei's all-optical solution has greatly simplified remote control operations, reducing training times and improving safety by allowing operators to work in comfortable indoor environments.
• 😀 Huawei, in collaboration with various partners, aims to release industry standards for remote control of container cranes, promoting the construction of all-optical ports globally.

Q & A

What role do forests play in modern supply chains?

Forests are crucial logistics hubs that ensure smooth supply chains, supported by advanced technologies like optical communications, autonomous driving, AI, and 5G.

What are the key trends in future port operations?

Future port operations are heavily influenced by automation, including the use of autonomous driving, AI, and intelligent terminal operations, particularly in container handling and transportation systems.

What challenges are associated with vertical transportation in port operations?

Vertical transportation is critical but challenging for automated terminal operations, as exceeding a 10-second latency in PLC control signaling can disrupt operations and create safety risks.

How does network latency impact port operations?

High latency can lead to network congestion, causing video frame freezing and interrupting port operations, which reduces efficiency and poses safety risks.

Why is the traditional network architecture at ports considered problematic?

The traditional network architecture is complex and prone to failure, with each port machine often being out of service for over four hours annually. It also requires long training periods for operators and is vulnerable to disruptions.

What safety risks do traditional port operations pose to operators?

High-temperature and high-altitude conditions in traditional port operations pose significant safety risks to operators, especially in manual and external machine operations.

How has Huawei addressed the challenges faced by port operations?

Huawei has developed an innovative F5G Ultra remote control solution for ports, leveraging its optical communications technology to improve network reliability, reduce latency, and increase automation in port operations.

What benefits has the F5G Ultra remote control solution brought to Yangshan Port?

At Yangshan Port, Huawei's F5G solution has significantly improved the efficiency of cranes, ensured smooth network operations with zero faults for over a year, and reduced latency to less than one millisecond for remote control over 45 kilometers.

What technological advancements enable the F5G solution to work effectively?

The F5G solution utilizes elastic bandwidth allocation, dynamic bandwidth technology, and dual-channel full-path optical fiber redundancy protection to ensure high reliability, low latency, and uninterrupted service.

What is the significance of Huawei’s work with industry partners in port automation?

Huawei is collaborating with partners like ZPMC and Shanghai International Port Group to set industry standards for F5G technologies, particularly for remote control of container cranes, which will guide the construction of all-optical ports globally.