This is Yangshan — the world’s busiest container port and the crown jewel of China’s New Maritime Silk Road.
Built on reclaimed islands near Shanghai, this engineering beast handles thousands of containers every single hour. Watch how massive ships are guided with pinpoint accuracy and how automation is completely transforming the future of shipping.
From its strategic location to its jaw-dropping scale, Yangshan Port is China’s bold statement on dominating global trade in the 21st century.
Mind-blowing infrastructure that’s reshaping the world economy.
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Built on reclaimed islands near Shanghai, this engineering beast handles thousands of containers every single hour. Watch how massive ships are guided with pinpoint accuracy and how automation is completely transforming the future of shipping.
From its strategic location to its jaw-dropping scale, Yangshan Port is China’s bold statement on dominating global trade in the 21st century.
Mind-blowing infrastructure that’s reshaping the world economy.
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00:21Shabbat Shalom
00:30Ancient Chinese wisdom says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
00:47The Great Maritime Silk Route began with wooden boats from the Han Dynasty during the earliest centuries of the Common
00:53Era.
00:55Ancient seafarers never sailed far from the shore and navigated by the stars and laws of nature.
01:02Every year from March to September, the air to the southwest of the Malay Peninsula became humid and the winds
01:08blew.
01:10Passing through the monsoon was a sure way to return home from Southeast Asia and from India, back to the
01:16safe haven of the Heavenly Empire.
01:24And this is 21st century China, now boasting the world's biggest deep water cargo port, Shanghai's Yangshan.
01:38For 15 years, promptly at 7 a.m., Mr. Tzu Yan has reported for work at the port's main control
01:45room.
01:45He still remembers when this was just a small group of islands with a tiny fishing village.
01:51This is what I can personally feel, and also from a small island in the world's largest island in the
01:58world's largest island in the world's largest island in the world's largest island.
02:07Now, a few thousand people work under Tzu Yan.
02:10The intense and dynamic office environment is redolent of a stock market during peak bidding times.
02:16In the course of a 12-hour shift, the department coordinates the loading and unloading of 10 vessels, each carrying
02:222,000 to 3,000 containers.
02:24From the whole series, first of all, it's from the planning plan to transport time, and to plan to transport
02:33time, and to plan to transport time, and to plan to transport time.
02:36The planning plan is done by me by doing it.
02:39In the normal way, according to the planning plan, it will usually be according to the planning plan for its
02:44amount of time for 12 or 24 hours.
02:55The cargo is worth millions of dollars, and any delay costs money, and worse, the loss
03:01of reputation, which is Yangshan's most valued asset.
03:04With other ports like Rotterdam, Hong Kong, and Singapore breathing down its neck, Shanghai
03:09must be faster, more modern, and above all, more reliable.
03:17I don't know if I can be able to take off the ship, because the ship is close to us,
03:22so I
03:22need to ensure it can be able to take off the ship.
03:31A heavy Danish ship, the Maersk Essex, loaded with thousands of containers, is making its
03:36way to the port.
03:39The vessel is due in Hong Kong in 24 hours, so Su Yan has just 20 hours to unload, and
03:45then
03:46reload the huge ship.
04:09In the last 50 years, container shipping has been the undisputed king of Maersk.
04:16Maritime cargo, the most valuable goods go through container ports.
04:20In profitability, they beat all other types of marine terminal.
04:24Unlike loose cargo, containers can easily be loaded onto trucks and stored in warehouses.
04:32The more a ship can carry, the richer its owner becomes.
04:39One container shipped by sea can bring a ship owner about $1,000.
04:44As vessels get longer and wider, cargo ports also need to adapt and become ever deeper.
04:56In 2002, Chinese engineers and workers began one of the largest construction projects the
05:02world has ever seen.
05:04Out of almost 1500 islands in the Zhushan Archipelago in Hangzhou Bay, only two attracted the designers'
05:11attention, greater and lesser Yangshan.
05:14They were ideally positioned, just 27.5 kilometers from shore, and with a depth of 17 meters, could
05:23accommodate the largest of ocean-going shipping.
05:29The construction workers were tasked with building a 20-kilometer key, 50 berths, and a giant bridge to
05:36connect the port to the mainland.
05:41In just three years, Yangshan was welcoming heavy cargo ships from all over the world.
06:07Yangshan has established trade relations with 500 ports around the world.
06:12Even in 2008, a year of financial crisis and recession that took its toll on many of the
06:18world's biggest ports, Yangshan expanded its capacity and became highly profitable.
06:28The Yangshan harbor pilot boards the Maersk Essex while still on the high seas.
06:33His job is to guide the captain through safe passage into the dock.
06:37Today's weather is fair, but the East China Sea is also known for typhoons and fog.
06:43And of course, every port has its own secrets that even the most experienced of captains
06:48couldn't be expected to know about.
06:50We are driving the station as a 30-kilometer.
06:52It's about 80-kilometer calling right now and telling Churchill.
06:55We are at the front and on the side and on the right.
06:59And with the other one, before we fly the car.
07:00Today, we are driving the train, and at that point, we will just be opened the station.
07:07Our car is called 350, so no problem.
07:12Our system is no problem.
07:12Okay, okay.
07:27As soon as the vessel has berthed, the clock starts ticking for Siu Yan's crew.
07:36The ship has brought thousands of containers, each packed with various goods from Europe.
07:41Some are hazardous, such as pyrotechnics.
07:45Others may be loaded with extremely fragile goods, like perfume or glassware.
07:50So the crew has to work quickly and with surgical precision.
07:54The port takes pride in its 1650-meter overhead cranes.
07:59These powerful machines, each one the size of the legendary Godzilla monster,
08:03are responsible for the hard work of moving the valuable cargo on and off the ships.
08:10At the controls of one of them is Zhang Yang.
08:14His dad worked at the old Shanghai port.
08:16He followed in his father's footsteps and is now a second-generation crane man.
08:21Yes, in China, we have 24 hours of work for 24 hours.
08:25We have to work at the airport for 24 hours.
08:29So we have to work at the airport for 24 hours.
08:31We have to work at the airport for 24 hours, and we have to rest and rest and rest.
08:42Operating a port crane is a bit like playing on an amusement arcade claw machine.
08:47You'll position the yoke over a container, lower it gently and lock on with the grabber.
08:53The difference is that the prize here weighs several tons,
08:57and failure costs a great deal more than a throwaway coin.
09:03But Chinese ports have been loading and unloading the most fragile of goods
09:07with well-honed skill for more than 10 centuries.
09:10The Great Maritime Silk Route is, for very good reason, also known as the China Route.
09:35Under the Southern Song Dynasty,
09:37booming trade in silk and fine china contributed to the development of seafaring.
09:44The invention of the Compass, an essential tool for navigation,
09:48allowed Chinese ships to conquer new seas.
09:52The Heavenly Empire shook the world with its marine expeditions.
09:58One of the ships of that period, the 30-meter Nernhai-1 cargo ship,
10:03was found in 1987 near Hayling Island, southwest of Canton.
10:34It took 20 years to bring the ship to the surface,
10:37a wide watertight container was purpose-built for the operation,
10:42plunged into the water and pressed hard against the seabed,
10:46completely encapsulating the Nernhai-1's hull.
10:49Then all the silt was removed from around the container,
10:52and a plate was slid underneath the ship to allow it to float to the surface.
10:56The operation cost a total of 20 million dollars,
10:59and on December the 22nd, 2007, the ancient ship was brought to land.
11:22The ship raised from the seabed has again been laid to rest.
11:27Not at sea this time, but in a museum.
11:45The local authorities have spared no expense in building this maritime silk route museum.
11:51A huge tank displaying Nernhai-1's hull has become its centerpiece.
11:56Scientists are currently clearing away the surface soil.
12:00About 60,000 artifacts were extracted during the excavation process,
12:05and 247 of them were added to China's cultural heritage list.
12:10They are mostly ceramic and porcelain items,
12:13but the experts are certain that there are plenty of valuable secrets still to be discovered.
12:19The back of the ship has yet to be explored,
12:21but marine archaeologists estimate that about 40,000 artifacts are waiting to be discovered.
12:30.
12:31The first thing we have seen in the world is the first one.
12:38The first thing we have seen in the world is one of the first.
12:54the goal is to fully restore the original appearance by rebuilding it in virtual 3d
13:04an unmanned drone can get into every nook and cranny of the ship to film artifacts that may
13:09be hiding the process has been a huge help for the scientists
13:45are all working together on this project the artifact collection is constantly growing with many
13:52porcelain and gold exhibits as well as coins and other rarities each one is a reminder of the
13:58significance and opulence of the maritime silk route
14:01the first century's
14:29For centuries, the Maritime Silk Route was a thoroughfare of peace and cooperation.
14:36While wars raged, and states and dynasties came and went on land,
14:41the spirit of partnership prevailed at sea,
14:44where it wasn't just goods that were traded, but also knowledge.
14:48Many great inventions were exchanged by sea between Europe and exotic China.
14:53The Maritime Silk Route became a symbol of cooperation between East and West
14:57and helped form world cultural and historical heritage in various nations.
15:12In the 21st century,
15:13while global and many regional circumstances remain so turbulent,
15:19the Maritime Silk Route has left a legacy of great value.
15:22It contributes to economic prosperity
15:25and reinforces the traditions of good neighborliness and hospitality around the world.
15:30Now, though, in the era of globalization,
15:34geographical and cultural discoveries are no longer priorities.
15:38But speed and rapid delivery of goods are.
15:41And the Shanghai port, Yangshan, leads the world's container port rankings.
15:56Yangshan, takes great pride in being trusted with the high-value goods from international ships.
16:05He's now heading back to the quay,
16:07a trip he makes about five times every shift.
16:09He receives the cargo from overhead crane number 216,
16:13operated by our old friend, second-generation crane driver, Zhang Yang.
16:32After loading, Dongxing drives to what's known here as the Exit,
16:35a warehouse where the goods are stored before going on to the mainland to be used,
16:39perhaps a dish for a cafe or a medicine at a pharmacy.
16:43I'm very happy to be able to visit China.
17:11While keeping an eye on how his ship is loaded and unloaded,
17:14the captain turns his attention to setting his next route.
17:18I'm going to go to Hong Kong.
17:21After Hong Kong comes out, I'm going to go to the南海,
17:23to go to the Maraisia, to go to the Parapas and the Bassan Gang,
17:29and then go to India, to go to Sri Lanka, to Yardingang, to go to the Red Sea,
17:35and then go to the Suisseen河, to go to the Sea.
17:41During the reign of the Ming Dynasty Emperor, Zhu Di,
17:45the routine voyage that the Essex is about to embark on
17:48would have been seen as a great geographical discovery.
17:51In the 15th century, the emperor sent his ships off to distant western seas
17:56for the first time in ancient China's history.
17:58That expedition was led by Admiral Zheng He,
18:02who would go down in history with seven naval expeditions
18:05to different parts of the world.
18:06Zheng He's fleet consisted of 250 ships,
18:10among them the largest wooden sailing ships in history.
18:13The entire宋代, I just said the entire宋代,
18:16the entire宋代, its international foreign policy
18:19are very open.
18:21Some of the times, the宋代 of Sipors,
18:25he was to deal with the foreign foreign companies,
18:28he still had to get a job.
18:31The foreign foreign foreign companies are going to go,
18:33he is to get a job,
18:34but he is to get a job,
18:34but he has to get a job,
18:35and he has to get a job.
18:36It's a bit like the modern government's office,
18:40to do some of the public relations,
18:41It's very interesting.
18:44I saw the story of the story.
18:46There was a ship in the海外.
18:49It's a ship.
19:02Upon discovering China,
19:04Europeans started buying ceramics in huge quantities.
19:10In the 16th and 17th centuries, tea arrived in the West.
19:15Tea drinking became a fashionable and very expensive habit.
19:20Handcrafted Chinese items became particularly popular,
19:23especially fans, an everyday thing for Chinese people.
19:27But in Europe and Russia,
19:28a fan became a symbol of affluence and noble lineage.
19:32But the main exports to Europe were porcelain, tea and, of course, silk.
19:37The eponymous staple of the great silk route.
19:41In this era, you have to compare to Europe.
19:43What was the case of Europe?
19:44It was a war in the war.
19:46But when you look at China,
19:49there was no war.
19:51It was basically a peace.
19:52So this is the value of China today.
19:55The idea of China today is the same.
19:59The idea of China today is the same.
20:03It's the same.
20:04In October 2013,
20:06during his tour of Southeast Asian countries,
20:09the President of the People's Republic of China,
20:12Xi Jinping,
20:13proposed the idea of establishing a 21st century maritime silk route
20:17as a joint initiative.
20:20It's now become one of the main elements of China's foreign trade activity
20:24and foreign policy.
20:26The construction of ultra-modern ports
20:29is one more step along the road to completing the project.
20:43In 2017,
20:45the fourth automated container terminal commenced operations
20:48at Shanghai's Yangshan deepwater port.
20:53Now, the key and all the warehouses and trucks
20:56are operated robotically,
20:58instead of by people.
21:12Han Boshan supervises the work of the world's biggest automated key.
21:17It can boast 16 automated overhead cranes,
21:2040 track-mounted container loaders,
21:23and 50 unmanned vehicles.
21:28My current work is the executive director of the transport department.
21:32I am mainly responsible for the two parts.
21:36One is the production of the production center.
21:40The second is the production of the production center.
21:44My work is to ensure
21:46that the production of the production center
21:48has a high-quality,
21:50safe,
21:50and effective.
21:51the unit co-mounted part.
22:15This is pretty much important.
22:17the launch center will be deployed with the
22:17air production center.
22:18counterparts on the next key. After a ship has berthed, they unload the containers,
22:23place them in designated locations, and reload the vessel with new containers. It's all done
22:28under the watchful eye of a dispatcher who doesn't have to work in 40 degrees centigrade outside.
22:34Instead, he can stay in his air-conditioned office with a cup of coffee.
22:50In the near future, the number of port robots will be increased several times.
22:56When the automated terminal is operating at full capacity, it will have 26 overhead cranes,
23:03120 tracker cranes, and 130 unmanned vehicles. But can machines rarely replace humans?
23:28Thanks to robots, Yangshan hasn't only increased its turnover dramatically,
23:33but it's also reduced CO2 emissions by 10%.
23:44Our ship's captain prefers the old-fashioned way, and uses the classic port, which is more
23:49familiar and cheaper. All the work on his ship has been accomplished, so it's time to prepare
23:55for departure.
23:56This gate has a very fast-forwarding efficiency. It's a very fast-forwarding efficiency.
24:01It can be used to make 2-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-5-4-4-4-4
24:07-5-4-5-4-4-5-4-5-4-6-4-6-6-4-6-6-6-5-6.
24:11The autonomous-suitary efficiency is roughly a number of 2-4-6-6-6-6-7-6-7-7-6
24:16-6-6-6-7-6-6-6.
24:18The main-suitary efficiency is roughly 1-5-7-6-6-7-6-7-7-7-7-7-8-7
24:21-7-7-7-7-7-7-7.
24:27Even as the cargo ship pulls out of Yangshan, the numerous containers that it delivered are
24:32already on their way to the mainland.
24:37The island port is connected to the mainland by the 32-kilometer Donghai Bridge, a unique
24:43construction consisting of three parts.
24:45The largest section is a low viaduct.
24:48Over the water, it changes into cable-stayed sections for safe passage of sea traffic.
24:54Until 2007, Donghai was the longest sea bridge in the world, but then the Chinese beat their
25:01own record by building the 36-kilometer Shanghai Ningbo Bridge.
25:05Beating your own records is a very Chinese habit.
25:12According to China's economic development, I think that the country's economic development
25:17is a趋势 of a country's economic development.
25:21In Hong Kong, one of the largest economic development in China's economic development
25:26will be a better development in the future.
25:40Since the time of the Southern Song Dynasty's wooden ships setting sail on the very first
25:45trade voyages, China has always preserved the spirit of the Great Maritime Silk Route and
25:52is now trying to breathe new life into it.
25:54by encouraging other countries to establish a shared maritime route to promote economic
26:00prosperity and cultural partnerships.
26:03New modern harbours, like Yangshan port, are becoming the mainstay of those same new partnerships.
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