On July 11, the Vizhinjam Port automated terminal project of Adani Group in India constructed by Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery (ZPMC) welcomed the operation of the first commercial vessel Maersk San Fernando, which marked that India’s first automated terminal formally stepped into commercial operation stage.
In Adani Group’s Vizhinjam Port Automated Terminal EPC project, ZPMC not only supplied the conventional automated harbor equipment including 8 sets of quay bridges, 24 sets of double cantilever rail cranes, and Equipment Control System (ECS), but also provided the integration of all terminal related subsystems, such as Terminal Operations System (TOS), Terminal Access System (TAS), and Reefer Management System (RMS), and covered the after-sales service market, such as spare parts contracting for terminal operations.
This project is India’s first large-scale deepwater port and container transshipment port, the first automated terminal, and the largest project between ZPMC and Adani Group.
The quay bridge equipment has an on-rail lifting height of 53 meters, which breaks the lifting record of traditional quay bridges in India, and is equipped with advanced OCR system and operating system.
The double cantilever rail cranes has a rated load of 41 tons, with a span of 36.54 meters and a lifting height of 18.5 meters, which is equipped with an advanced automated operating system, intelligent lubrication system, vibration monitoring system and automatic fire extinguishing system.
The commissioning of all the equipments will significantly enhance the operational efficiency and safety of Adani Group’s Vizhinjam port operations. The port’s first phase is expected to have a total annual throughput of 1 million containers, bringing new dynamism to the logistics and transportation industry in India and globally.
ZPMC is a famous heavy-duty equipment manufacturer, headquarters is located in Shanghai. ZPMC also has 6 production bases located in Shanghai, Nantong with total area of 6,670,000 square meters and 10 kilometers coastline, especially the Changxing Base, which has a 5 kilometers deep water coastline, and includes a heavy-duty dock of 3.7 kilometers. ZPMC is one of the largest port machinery manufacturers in the world and owns a fleet of more than 20 transportation vessels which are from 60,000 DWT to 100,000 DWT can deliver large products in whole to all over the world.
ZPMC products have entered into 106 countries and regions all over the world. There are eight main types of products: Firstly, supply of large-scale port container machinery and bulk material handling machinery for ore and coal. Such as quayside container cranes occupied 70% world market shares. Bulk material handling machinery includes ship loaders, ship unloaders, bucket-wheel stacker-reclaimers and environment-friendly chain-bucket ship unloaders. Secondly, supply of heavy offshore products, such as floating cranes, pipelay vessels and other engineering vessels, all types of platforms, DP systems and jacking systems，goliath crane. Thirdly, supply of large heavy and special steel structures. The production capacity is 1,000,000 tons per year. ZPMC has successfully finished the construction of the U.S. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Fourthly, supply of marine transportation and installation. ZPMC has over 20 years’ experience of marine transportation and a strong capacity in the shipping design, offshore and subsea installation. Fifthly, system integration and overall contract of projects, including overall contract of bulk cargo system, global energy saving and environmentally friendly generation IV fully automated terminal system. ZPMC has successfully built the biggest single automatic wharf in the world and the first fully automatic wharf in China. Sixthly, electrical products, software development and integration. ZPMC has a self-owned electrical brand “EZ”. Seventhly, investment and financing. Eighthly, integrated services. ZPMC has built service, operation and investment network around the world to provide quickly, accurate, comprehensive and integrated lean-oriented operation, investment and full lifespan services.
In recent years, ZPMC has been making positive development on new business to establish the smart ports and smart city on the basis of the smart industry, to build the ecological system of the smart community for the people’s livelihood and to develop the integrative service, the comprehensive business capacity in the equipment manufacturing, the construction of infrastructures and supporting services.