ZPMC · port and yard vehicle
ZPMC L-AGV lift AGV
Qingdao Qianwan
An automated guided vehicle with its own lifting platform, so it can drop containers on yard racks without waiting for a crane. ZPMC built it for Qingdao Port's first automated terminal at Qianwan.
- Price
- —Not sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
- Autonomy
- DriverlessHow it runs
- Driverless
- In serviceDriverless in service
- Fleet
- 38Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
A lift-equipped AGV design that decouples the vehicles from the yard cranes.
Real-world use
ZPMC supplied 38 L-AGVs for the first phase (two berths, 1.5 million TEU a year) of Qingdao's automated terminal (2015 order).
Maker
ZPMCCompanyHow it drives
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- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Qingdao Qianwan automated container terminal, Qingdao, China
- Fleet
- 38 L-AGVs for phase 1 (World Cargo News, Oct 2015); current count not found
Public attention
How much public attention ZPMC L-AGV lift AGV (Qingdao Qianwan) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
Lineage
Every ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries) vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedNot sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Qingdao New Qianwan Container Terminal (Port of Qingdao, APM Terminals and partners) · Qingdao Qianwan automated container terminal · Qingdao · since 2017-05 · 85 units
Qingdao's Qianwan automated container terminal, operational since May 2017, moves boxes with electric AGVs. 85 electric AGVs (APM Terminals); 38 ZPMC lift AGVs supplied for phase one (World Cargo News, Oct 2015) APM Terminals
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useZPMC L-AGV lift AGV (Qingdao Qianwan)ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries) | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useGaussin AGV Performance (ST Engineering, PSA Singapore)Gaussin with ST Engineering Land SystemsSame job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Konecranes Gottwald battery AGV (lead-acid and Li-ion)KonecranesSame job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2015-10 | 2018 | 2011 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
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| Weight | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | 65000 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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