The party flag is flying high on the front line of the grassroots level, climbing high and chasing the "new" to the deep blue

[The party flag is flying high on the front line of the grassroots]

Original title: In the past 16 years, Li Qiang has devoted himself to port technology innovation, and used technology to empower the "golden signboard" of Tianjin and Hong Kong efficiency (citation)

Climb high and chase the "new" to the navy (theme)

Workers' Daily-China Workers' Network reporter Zhang Xi correspondent Wang Lin

Beijiang Port Area Section C Intelligent Container Terminal, Pacific International Container Terminal, Port Model PortGPT1.0...... Landmark projects and major achievements have witnessed the development of Tianjin Port, and it is also the process of Li Qiang's advancement from a fledgling scientific and technological talent to the chief expert of Tianjin Port Group Company.

He walked towards the "new", built a deep blue, actively carried out port scientific and technological innovation and smart zero-carbon transformation, and used technology to empower the "golden signboard" of Tianjin and Hong Kong efficiency, showing the demeanor of scientific and technological workers in the new era.

Technology empowers smart zero-carbon terminals

In 2008, Li Qiang, who graduated from Tianjin University with a doctorate in automation, was introduced to Tianjin Port Group as a talent in short supply.

Adhering to the original intention of "applying professional knowledge to practice", and constantly improving his ability in insisting on learning and innovation, Li Qiang has rapidly grown into the backbone of port informatization and equipment management technology in less than a few years, and has accumulated a lot of experience in scientific and technological innovation and wisdom empowerment.

In September 2019, the construction of the intelligent container terminal in Section C of Tianjin Port Beijiang Port began to be completed, and the process design, equipment selection and system planning of the entire terminal need to be completed within one year. In particular, in terms of information control systems, the latest technologies of 5G, autonomous driving, and big data management are all adopted from the design stage...... At that time, these fields were completely technical gaps, and there was no experience to draw on, which made the project technical team led by Li Qiang feel pressured.

At the critical moment, Li Qiang, as a member of the Communist Party, led the technical team to face the difficulties, and through repeated investigation, discussion and test verification, creatively proposed the automated container terminal 2.0 scheme of "automated single trolley quay crane + double cantilever rail crane (ARMG) + intelligent handling robot (ART)", and greatly improved the production efficiency of the automated container terminal by adopting the innovative production process of "yard parallel shoreline layout + side loading and unloading".

In October 2021, the world's first smart zero-carbon terminal, the intelligent container terminal in Section C of Tianjin Port's Beijiang Port Area, was officially put into operation. It has achieved a number of firsts: the world's first self-developed and truly AI-based "intelligent horizontal transportation system"; The world's first large-scale commercial implementation of vehicle-road collaborative super L4 autonomous driving in ports; The world's first all-weather, all-condition, and all-scenario ubiquitous communication that realizes the true "5G + Beidou" integration and innovation; It is the world's first to achieve self-consumption and self-sufficiency of green electricity, with zero carbon emissions in the whole process of terminal operation......

Nowadays, the intelligent container terminal in Section C of the Beijiang Port Area is a busy scene, and intelligent horizontal transportation robots shuttle back and forth. Li Qiang fell into deep thought while being excited: "The empowerment of intelligent technology has made great changes in the way of port production and operation. Can we go further and further promote the successful experience of the intelligent terminal in Section C? ”

Equipping the dock with a "smart brain"

Backed by Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and facing the five continents of the world, Tianjin Port, which has been reopened for 72 years, has ushered in historic changes, and the transformation of traditional terminal operation mode has become an important part of it.

In October 2020, Li Qiang came to work at Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal Co., Ltd. and led the technical team to open the innovation road of installing "smart brains" for traditional container terminals.

Because the wharf is located on an artificial island formed by blowing and filling, the uneven settlement of the yard is very serious, and the wharf adopts a conventional four-rope tire crane, and its automatic transformation and joint production have no successful cases in the whole industry.

Li Qiang led the Communist Party commando team to work gnawing "hard bones", and successfully broke through key technologies such as "automatic four-rope tire crane spreader anti-sway and anti-torsion", and the relevant technical achievements reached the international leading level.

Relying on the successful experience accumulated in the intelligent terminal in Section C of the Beijiang Port Area, Li Qiang led the technical team to realize the digital control of all elements and the whole process of terminal production and operation by integrating the five major production management systems of terminal dispatching and command, safety control, equipment operation, video inspection, and energy control, and equipped the digital transformation of the terminal with a "smart brain".

During the promotion of the zero-carbon transformation of Pacific International Company, Li Qiang creatively proposed the traditional terminal green development model of "green energy for self-consumption and electric upgrading of equipment and facilities", replacing "mains electricity" with "green electricity", and completely solving the constraints of green port construction from the energy supply side.

Today, 100% of the terminal uses green electricity, 100% of vehicles are electrified, 100% of the shore power facilities of the terminal are covered, and 100% of the machine repair wastewater is treated and reused......

"We have built the world's largest wind and solar power generation project in the world's traditional container terminals, and have the world's largest electric horizontal transportation fleet in a single terminal. This hard-won achievement and honor is the driving force for us to keep moving forward. Li Qiang said.

Challenging the "Port Model"

In December 2023, Li emphasized that he would go to the headquarters of Tianjin Port Group to serve as the head of digital transformation. How to lead the project team to fight the "tough battle" of digital transformation and accelerate the development of new port productivity has become a major challenge in front of him.

Invert the construction period, flip chart operations, establish a million-level sample library, and organize a team of AI trainers...... Nowadays, Li Qiang, who has grown up as a technician, can always resolve the pressure into specific tasks and solve them one by one. After nearly half a year of hard work day and night, PortGPT1.0, a large port model, has finally made significant progress.

On June 22 this year, at the 2024 World Smart Industry Expo, Li Qiang, on behalf of Tianjin Port Group, and Huawei jointly released three digital transformation achievements: PortGPT1.0, the world's first fully liquid-cooled supercharging station for ports, and the White Paper on Port Digital Transformation, continuously consolidating Tianjin Port's leading edge in the global smart port construction track.

Li Qiang introduced: "By deeply integrating the AI model with port production scenarios, business scenarios, and industry samples, it is expected to replace the terminal site safety officer for 24-hour intelligent supervision of the operation site in the future, and further accelerate the upgraded construction of smart ports and the digital transformation of ports." ”

People who have the courage to innovate and work hard are always on the road. In the past 16 years of port technology innovation, Li Qiang has changed production with technology, proved value with achievements, and left a solid footprint in an ordinary position.

Source: China Workers' Daily