Country's first automated shipping terminal

Last month, Zhenhua 17, a cargo ship from Shanghai drew into the 14th berth of Xiamen Haicang bonded terminal area to drop off equipment for the Xiamen Ocean Gate Container Terminal - the first automated one in the country.

All loading and delivery work will be done by machines, so very few workers will be seen at the new terminal, which has been nicknamed the "ghost terminal", said Wu Xinkui, deputy chief of Haicang district in Xiamen.

A video of the terminal in action showed a passing container being picked up by an automated bridge crane and being placed on an automated container truck. Under the instruction of a GPS the truck moved to a designated freight yard before a gantry crane picked up the container again and placed it in a designated area.