b'24American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comPort of Nansha unveils the regions first fully(TRENDcontinued frommanufacturing, one that is allied page 23) with regionalism and has been automated container terminal batteries in the US, althoughdevelopingforyearsnow it also relies on the Japanesenear-sourcing.Intermsof ThePortofNansha,Guangdong,HongKongandpartofthatplan,whichwasmanufacturerPanasonic.IntheNorthAmericanmarket, located in the city of Guang- Macao, the company said. issuedinJunebytheStateChina, it sources its batteriesMexicohasbeengrowingas zhou, unveiled the operationThe development of a jointCouncil, Chinas Cabinet. fromChinasContemporarythedestinationofchoicefor of its fully automated termi- shippingandlogisticstradeThe terminal has becomeAmperexTechnologyCo.vehiclecomponents,eclipsing nalonJuly28,2022.ThecenterandconstructionofaanenvironmentalprotectionLtd. (CATL), the worlds larg- China,andothercountriesin portsfullyautomatedcon- world-class port cluster in the(UNVEILScontinued onest battery producer. In earlyAsia. Mexico has become phe-tainer terminal features fullyGreater Bay Area has becomepage 26) August, according to Bloom- nomenally competitive and eco-automated gantry cranes andberg, Tesla also signed long- nomic with regards to China, self-driving trucks and is thetermagreementswithtwosaid Finley.firstfullyautomatedtermi- Chinesecompaniesforter- Thatpreferencesolidified nal built in the Guangdong- nary precursor materials, whatafterthen-PresidentTrump HongKong-MacaoGreaterthe news service described asslapped punitive tariffs on Chi-Bay Area. chemicalcocktailsthatarenesemadegoodsbeginning Theautomatedterminalkey to storing energy in lith- 2018.Itbecameallthemore is part of the fourth phase ofium-ion batteries. obvious after the shipping crisis themodernizationprojectof the past two years.at the Port of Nansha whichM exico And then orth Transportation, when you willcombinemultimodalA MericAnM Arket compare products coming from services related to sea, river,In July, Bloomberg reportedMexicototheUnitedStates and railway transportation inthatCATLwasscopingoutversusChinatotheUnited the area, according to Guang- possiblesitesinMexicoforStates, its a night and day dif-zhou Port Group (GPG). Thebatteryplantstoservicetheference, he said. fourth phase of the port alsoNorth American market.That advantage will become includes four 100,000 metric- The automated terminal is part of the fourth phase of the modernizationThatreflectstheother(TRENDcontinued on ton berths and their support- project at the Port of Nansha. major trend impacting vehiclepage 26)ing container barge berths.Constructionofthenew terminal began in late 2018, havingintegratedadvanced technologies such as Beidou navigation,5Gcommunica-tions,artificialintelligence, and autonomous vehicles.The terminal incorporates a new generation of automated container terminal technologySPEED TO by using new machines from automationequipmenthard-ware to information systems. The new machinery led to theMARKETfilingofmorethan60pat-ents,including31classified as invention patents, accord-ing to the GPG. The termi-nal, which features smart and independentoperationsand low-carbonemissions,hasLOWER contributed to the promotion of automated wharf technol-ogy, said Li Yibo, Party sec-retary and chairman of GPG.COSTLi added that with the onset of operations, the new termi-nal will be integrated with the Nansha ports other terminals toformaspecializedand large-scaleterminalcluster,Experience proves cargo shipped from Asia through helpingtogreatlyimprovethe Seattle+Tacoma gateway gets there faster. Let the ports handling capacity. us show you the difference less congestion, efficient AccordingtotheGPG,multimodal operations, and best-in-class customer the new terminal has a designedcare can mean to you. When time to market is annualthroughputcapac- critical, choose The Northwest Seaport Alliance. NWSeaportAlliance.comity of 4.9 million TEUs. The annualcontainerthroughput oftheentireNanshaportis expectedtoexceed24mil-lion TEUs. Atthelaunchingcer-emony, Li said, It will help enhancethefunctionof theinternationalcomprehen-sivetransportationhuband providestrongsupportfor Nansha to build itself into a majorstrategichigh-level shippingandlogisticsplat-form in the Greater Bay Area, incoordinationwithHong Kong and Macao. Itsanticipatedthetermi-nals fully automated operation, willhelpinjectmomentum into the implementation of an overallplantopromotecom-prehensive cooperation among'