HIRI FUTURE Helps Guizhou’s First Automated Quay Achieve “Unmanned Handling”

Recently, Guizhou’s first standardized and Intelligent container terminal officially opened. The port area is equipped with two 500-ton container berths that can also accommodate 1,000-ton vessels, along with corresponding supporting facilities, with a designed annual Throughput of 1.2 million tons.

As the provider of the core intelligent technology solution for this Quay, “HIRI FUTURE” has built an advanced intelligent remote control system to support the port area and deployed a comprehensive remote equipment automation command and dispatch management system. This system can automatically parse and issue commands for stack yard handling, vessel operations, and other tasks, enabling end-to-end digital control over the coordinated execution of multiple devices such as RMGs and Quay Cranes. Simultaneously, the system has established a modern port operation framework featuring visualized storage status and digitized on-site management, significantly enhancing the overall operational efficiency and refined management level of inland ports.

 

 

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The implementation of this project not only fills the gap in specialized and Intelligent container operations at inland ports in Guizhou, but also injects new momentum into the development of “road-rail-water” Multimodal shipping and industrial upgrading in the inland river region.
The project was successfully accepted on September 17, 2025, after only four and a half months, ahead of the original schedule. During this period, the project team worked closely with the owner and all construction parties, devoting full efforts to technical commissioning and system optimization, efficiently advancing the project implementation, and ensuring that the Quay was put into Intelligent operation as scheduled.

 

 

The commissioning of this Quay has opened up the “golden waterway” connecting Qiannan Prefecture to the Yangtze River, breaking the previous predicament of “relying on land routes despite being by the Wujiang River” and enabling container cargo to reach both the river and the sea. This marks the beginning of a new chapter in the intensive and Intelligent development of water transport in central Guizhou. As a key hub on the Wujiang River, this port area has established an economical, environmentally friendly, and efficient bulk logistics channel for Guizhou’s signature industries such as phosphate and coal chemical industries and new energy materials, which is of great significance for promoting the upgrading of the regional industrial structure and building a new high ground for an inland open economy.

 

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The construction of this project covers the automation transformation from the shore to the Quay stack yard. In view of the complex local hydrological conditions, HIRI FUTURE conducted an in-depth analysis of the actual needs and site conditions of the port area, and customized a highly integrated intelligent remote control system for the two main pieces of equipment (RMG/Quay Crane), thereby realizing intelligent operation procedures such as issuing instructions from the production management system, automatic positioning of equipment, and guidance and alignment of container trucks.

 

HIRI Information-based Remote Control Interface

 

Based in Inland River Port Areas

Actual Operational Scenarios and Safety Requirements

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HIRI FUTURE in the project

What AI technology systems have been employed?

1. High-Reliability Positioning and Autonomous Operation

The Quay’s large vehicle Rail has a large span and complex foundation conditions, placing extremely high demands on the reliable of the positioning system.

· The RMG innovatively adopts “encoder + magnetic scale + laser scanning” multi-positioning redundancy, achieving a Trolley positioning accuracy of ±30mm;

· Quay Crane integrated ship-type scanning laser system, which perceives the cabin environment in real time to assist remote drivers in safe operations;

· The Intelligent Scheduling Engine (ECS) efficiently receives and parses instructions from upper-level systems, performs intelligent sorting and allocation based on equipment location, task priority, and Stack yard conditions, and optimizes operation paths.

 

2. All-Scenario AI Visual Security Protection

HIRI FUTURE has deployed a multi-tier AI visual protection system on its devices, forming a closed loop of “perception → judgment → protection”:

· Trailer Lifting Prevent System: AI vision/laser, real-time identification of twist lock status, preventing lifting with locks engaged (tire lift-off limit ≤400mm)

· Gantry Collision Prevent System: AI vision/laser is used to detect personnel, vehicles, and equipment in the forward direction of the Rail in real time and perform graded braking;

· Anti-smashing cab system: visually identifies the cab of the truck to prevent collisions when the Spreader is lowered.

· Load Collision Prevention System: Real-time scanning of container outlines in the stack yard, automatic adjustment of the spreader’s safe height to prevent collisions with adjacent stacks;

· Visual automatic box-landing and electronic anti-tilt system: ensures precise box-landing alignment and stable, controllable operation throughout the entire process.

 

3. Intelligent Recognition and Collaboration: Enable Automation Systems to “See Clearly, Identify Accurately, and Guide Precisely”

The smooth operation of automation procedures relies heavily on the accurate, real-time perception of key information in the operational environment. HIRI FUTURE possesses an extensive port-specific dataset, which has enabled the construction of a multi-tiered, collaborative intelligent perception network for inland port areas.

The project has deployed the R-OCR information recognition system for RMGs and the Y-OCR information recognition system at the stack yard entrance, thereby establishing a visual perception system that covers “entry–alignment–loading/unloading–exit.” These systems are equipped with high-definition AI vision sensors and edge computing modules at the stack yard entrance and key equipment locations, enabling automatic recognition of critical information such as container numbers, container truck license plates/roof numbers, and chassis numbers (recognition rate ≥ 95%). Meanwhile, the ICPS uses visual positioning and dynamic LED indicators to guide container trucks to park precisely in one go, significantly reducing alignment waiting time.

 

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The successful commissioning of this project in Guizhou further verifies the high adaptability and reliable performance of HIRI’s Intelligent Remote Control System in the complex environment of inland ports, marking an important milestone in the company’s deep cultivation of the inland port market.

Looking ahead, “HIRI FUTURE” will proactively align itself with the overall national development strategy, actively support major initiatives such as “Building a Transportation Powerhouse,” the Belt and Road Initiative, and the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, and deepen coordination and collaboration with the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. At the same time, it will vigorously embrace the concept of green and low-carbon development, promote the widespread application of clean energy and Intelligent technologies, drive the transformation and upgrading of port operation models toward comprehensive greening and intelligentization, help Qiannan become a regional logistics hub and a new high ground for opening up to the outside world, and contribute its professional expertise to the high-quality development of China’s water transport industry.