# ZPMC Port Crane at Shanghai, China: deployment

Canonical ID: `a35a3ba2-bedf-4730-a10a-b448f019c229`

Phase IV of [Shanghai](/locations/shanghai-china.md)'s Yangshan Deep Water Port is an automated container terminal that opened in December 2017. Its control system centrally dispatches 29 quay cranes, 121 rail-mounted gantry cranes and 155 [automated guided vehicles](/glossary/agv.md), and operators can control the cranes remotely from a center more than 30 kilometers away.

[ZPMC](/companies/zpmc.md) says it supplied 28 quay cranes, 121 rail-mounted gantry cranes and 145 AGVs for the terminal, which is managed and operated by Shanghai International Port Group.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-11-03_

- **Slug:** zpmc-yangshan-phase-iv-automated-terminal-shanghai
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [ZPMC Port Crane](/models/zpmc-crane.md) (id: `26e9c2d1-523a-45a9-8d36-6461403c9913`)
- **Company:** [Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries](/companies/zpmc.md) (id: `e2e7d55b-671b-4dc7-bd52-ac685e963647`)
- **Location:** [Shanghai, China](/locations/china/shanghai-china.md) (id: `16318355-da13-4376-a49a-2a3c632f9471`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (3)

1. **How Shanghai powers the world's fastest port operations?** · https://en.people.cn/n3/2026/0813/c90000-20488290.html · 2026-08-13
2. **Yangshan Port Phase IV boasts world-class efficiency** · https://english.shanghai.gov.cn/en-Latest-WhatsNew/20260814/f4427a05be154fc4957a5f62d67d6f2e.html · 2026-08-14
3. **洋山四期全自动化码头迎来里程碑** · https://cn.zpmc.com/content/6765958c006017c800000c2b · 2023-12-14

## Common questions

### What is the ZPMC Port Crane deployment at Shanghai, China?

[ZPMC Port Crane](/models/zpmc-crane.md), built by [Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries](/companies/zpmc.md), is recorded as a deployment at [Shanghai, China](/locations/shanghai-china.md) on the DEPLOY registry. [Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries](/companies/zpmc.md) operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates ZPMC Port Crane at Shanghai, China?

[Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries](/companies/zpmc.md), the manufacturer of [ZPMC Port Crane](/models/zpmc-crane.md), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Have there been incidents at the ZPMC Port Crane deployment at Shanghai, China?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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