ZPMC · port and yard vehicle
ZPMC AGV
Yangshan Phase IV
Battery-electric automated guided vehicles built by ZPMC for Shanghai's Yangshan Phase IV, the world's largest single automated container terminal when it opened. The terminal's driverless vehicles swap batteries on an upper deck.
- Price
- —Not sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
- Autonomy
- DriverlessHow it runs
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2017
- Fleet
- 155Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Its fleet serves what was billed at opening as the world's largest automated container terminal.
Real-world use
Yangshan Phase IV dispatches 155 AGVs with 29 quay cranes and 121 yard cranes, and handled more than 8 million TEU in 2025.
Timeline
- Released
- 2017
Maker
ZPMCCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Yangshan Phase IV automated terminal, Shanghai, China
- Driverless since
- 2017
- Fleet
- 155 AGVs at Yangshan Phase IV (Lingang Special Area, 2026); first batch of 50 at the 2017 trials
- Rides, miles or loads
- Terminal handled more than 8 million TEU in 2025 (Lingang Special Area)
Public attention
How much public attention ZPMC AGV (Yangshan Phase IV) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
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
Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) · Yangshan Phase IV automated terminal · Shanghai · since 2017-12
Yangshan Phase IV, built with Chinese-made automated equipment including AGVs, began trial operations in December 2017. The Maritime Executive
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 | ZPMC AGV (Yangshan Phase IV)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 |  Westwell Qomolo Q-TruckWestwell (Shanghai Westwell-Lab Technology)Same job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useTianjin Port Section C L4 electric container trucksTianjin Port Group with HuaweiSame job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2017 | 2018 | 2021-07 | 2021-10 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
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| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | 65000 kg | 80000 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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