Construction of evaluation index system for investment decision-making stage of automated container terminal

As automated container terminals are gradually favored by domestic and foreign ports, some ports blindly invest in the construction of automated container terminals in order to improve their visibility, regardless of their own port conditions and the high cost of constructing automated container terminals, which will place a heavy burden on port operations and is not conducive to the push for terminal automation. Therefore, this paper analyzes the construction experience of Xiamen port, Qingdao port, Shanghai port and Tianjin port. In view of the factors affecting the application of container terminal automation in China, dimension reduction is obtained by principal component analysis. The key factors affecting the application of automated container terminals are analyzed, and the evaluation indexes of investment decision-making stage of automated container terminals are clarified, which can provide reference for domestic ports in the investment decision-making stage of constructing automated container terminals.