Yangshan City Port. The world’s biggest container port opens new Silk Road for shipping

Oh [Music] ancient Chinese wisdom says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step [Music] the great maritime Silk Route began with wooden boats from the Han Dynasty during the earliest centuries of the Common Era ancient seafarers never sailed far from the shore and navigated by the Stars and laws of nature every year from March to September the air to the southwest of the Malay Peninsula became humid and the winds blew passing through the monsoon was a sure way to return home from Southeast Asia and from India back to the safe haven of the heavenly Empire [Applause] and this is 21st century China now boasting the world's biggest deepwater cargo port Shanghai's yangshin for 15 years promptly at 7:00 a.m. mr. su Yin has reported for work at the port main control room he still remembers when this was just a small group of islands with a tiny fishing village it's only you got uncle somewhere you go now a few thousand people work under Sooyoung the intense and dynamic office environment is redolent of a stock market during peak bidding times in the course of a 12-hour shift the Department coordinates the loading and unloading of ten vessels each carrying two to three thousand containers the velocity change legacy has to move our agenda since an open to change the tempo chief Aloha a pension with that constellation are things that I structures over the address the house Rene [Music] the cargo is worth millions of dollars and any delay costs money and worse the loss of reputation which is young shams most valued asset with other ports like a Rotterdam Hong Kong and Singapore breathing down its neck Shanghai must be faster more modern and above all more reliable 20 and cowboy oh you would have been about 20 of judging what Shabbat entire call 20 livre [Music] a heavy Danish ship the Maersk Essex loaded with thousands of containers is making its way to the port the vessel is due in Hong Kong in 24 hours so soo-hyun has just 20 hours to unload and then reload the huge ship in the last 50 years container shipping has been the undisputed king of maritime cargo the most valuable goods go through container ports in profitability they beat all other types of marine terminal unlike loose cargo containers can easily be loaded onto trucks and stored in warehouses the more a ship can carry the richer its owner becomes one container shipped by sea can bring a ship owner about a thousand dollars and as vessels get longer and wider cargo reports also need to adapt and become ever deeper [Music] in 2002 Chinese engineers and workers began one of the largest construction projects the world has ever seen out of almost 1500 islands in the Shushan archipelago in Hangzhou Bay only two attracted the designers attention Greater and Lesser Yong Chun they were ideally positioned just 27.5 kilometers from shore and with a depth of 17 meters could accommodate the largest of ocean-going shipping the construction workers were tasked with building a 20 kilometer key 50 berths and a giant bridge to connect the port to the mainland in just three years Yongchun was welcoming heavy cargo ships from all over the world so nice for Sri Mooji song boy Johanna Mia a hyung here from poor young coach the Tarpeian boy major otro audience I saw her young son has established trade relations with 500 ports around the world even in 2008 a year of financial crisis and recession that took its toll on many of the world's biggest ports young Chan expanded its capacity and became highly profitable the yunxiang Harbor pilot bought the Maersk Essex while still on the high seas his job is to guide the captain through safe passage into the dock today's weather is fair but the East China Sea is also known for typhoons and fog and of course every has its own secrets even the most experienced of captains expected to know this every time we went [Music] as soon as the vessel has birthed the clock starts ticking for soo Yung's crew [Music] the ship has brought thousands of containers each packed with various goods from Europe some hazardous such as pyrotechnics others may be loaded with extremely fragile goods like perfume glassware so the crew has to work quickly and with surgical precision the port takes pride in its 1650 meter overhead cranes these powerful machines each one the size of the legendary Godzilla monster are responsible for the hard work of moving the valuable cargo on and off the ships at the controls of one of them is Yong Yong his dad worked at the old Shanghai port he followed in his father's footsteps and is now a second generation crane man hey woman oh my gosh I'll start putting on together oh man did they see a teens house or so your mystery guitar baby about a horn oh sure [Music] operating a port crane is a bit like playing on an amusement arcade claw machine you have positioned the yoke over a container lower it gently and lock on with the grabber the difference is that the prize here weighs several tons and failure costs a great deal more than a throwaway coin but Chinese ports have been loading and unloading the most fragile of goods with well honed skill for more than 10 centuries the great maritime Silk Route is a very good reason also known as the China root don't worry you can full of something that's sweet all that CD anything that we tossed at all DeLuna we don't show you're gonna see me on the Canadians to talk about such orders we'd rather shampoo you know so she Sue's Eurasian well I'd rather you come to you we didn't know Tanana China against us here [Music] under the southern Song Dynasty booming trade in silk and fine china contributed to the development of seafaring the invention of the compass an essential tool for navigation allowed Chinese ships to conquer new seas the heavenly Empire shook the world with its marine expeditions one of the ships of that period the 30-meter non-high one cargo ship was found in 1987 near Hayling Island southwest of count on holidays people with compassion encourages you to type container transyl into your logic children autumn party Lancaster / financial chance Yokosuka Chicago it's our genius as selenium it took 20 years to bring the ship to the surface a wide watertight container was purpose-built for the operation plunged into the water and pressed hard against the sea bed completely encapsulating the nan hai ones how then all the silt was removed from around the container and a plate was slid underneath the ship to allow it to float to the surface the operation cost a total of twenty million dollars and on December the 22nd 2007 the ancient ship was brought to land by ona two-particle and me and a chunk afonso to say the hole and say tinkle to mother say that was Antigua transfer without you and that a Heidi tickets on the ship raised from the seabed has again been laid to rest not at sea this time but in a museum [Music] the local authorities have spared no expense in building this maritime Silk Road Museum a huge tank displaying than hi ones hull has become its centerpiece scientists are currently clearing away the surface soil about sixty thousand artifacts were extracted during the excavation process and two hundred and forty seven of them were added to China's Cultural Heritage List they are mostly ceramic and porcelain items but the experts are certain that there are plenty of valuable secrets still to be discovered the back of the ship has yet to be explored but marine archaeologists estimate that about forty thousand artifacts are waiting to be discovered a woman's hydrophone file so didn't fall off a phallus HS the jealous which are hopeful so we either cities say yes away either you sir currently scientists are using a special camera and laser technology to create a 3d image of the vessel the goal is to fully restore the original appearance by rebuilding it in virtual 3d an unmanned drone can get into every nook and cranny of the ship to film artifacts that may be hiding the process has been a huge help for the scientists Takeshi annsofi Jia Sheng wada-san content in some Italian women channel added some food and the Nissan fuga title italian ginger soldier tiana webberley HSR omaha buffets are with huija Londo Christian [Music] archeologists curators conservation and digital cartography experts are all working together on this project the artifact collection is constantly growing with many porcelain and gold exhibits as well as coins and other rarities each one is a reminder of the significance and opulence of the maritime Silk Route a foamy attract automated Ranade to suit a particular sampling Hong Kong go in the hopper you ever have champagne constitutionally da-da-da-da-da one day you gotta go soteriology Mariah pee suka Putin quail charts agenda German Yoli Vittorio shooting latigo Munakata seeker Putin for centuries the maritime Silk Route was a thoroughfare of peace and cooperation while wars raged and states and dynasties came and went on land a spirit of partnership prevailed at sea where it wasn't just goods that were traded but also knowledge many great inventions were exchanged by sea between Europe and exotic China the maritime Silk Route became a symbol of cooperation between east and west and helped form world cultural and historical heritage in various nations [Music] in the 21st century while global then many regional circumstances remain so turbulent the maritime Silk Route has left a legacy of great value it contributes to economic prosperity and reinforces the traditions of good neighborliness and hospitality around the world now though in the era of globalization geographical and cultural discoveries are no longer priorities but speed and rapid delivery of goods are and the Shanghai port Yong Chan leads the world's container port rankings jingdong sink drives a truck at shanghai port he works on key number one to seven and takes great pride in being trusted with the high-value goods from international ships he's now heading back to the key a trip he makes about five times every shift he receives the cargo from overhead crane number two one six operated by our old friend second-generation crane driver so the sounds of Jamuna Simon I just saw your boom [Applause] after loading don't sing drives to what's known here as the exit a warehouse where the goods are stored before going on to the mainland to be used perhaps a dish for a cafe or a medicine at a pharmacy jumbo [Music] he saw my yes so these are sisters even whose own a yacht [Music] any idea [Music] when I say consumption today to go go into the needle while keeping an eye on how his Shep is loaded and unloaded the captain turns his attention to setting his next single ceiling during the reign of the ming dynasty emperor zhudi the routine vibes that the Essex is about to embark on would have been seen as a great geographical discovery in the 15th century the Emperor sent his ships off to distant Western seas for the first time in ancient China's history that expedition was led by Admiral Gen he who would go down in history with seven naval expeditions to different parts of the world jinkies fleet consisted of two hundred and fifty ships among them the largest wooden sailing ships in history not change assume that organizers for a strong for some good some bad she's not added to the collection so a total hack terrific Ivana you some guy that you good - good suppose can wheel it over to the highway that you've shown it to coyote good-bye to go horizontal transient or that Lila tell you sir oh yes show each other - they sound too good to the sender that's a good tune for Chow song yeah try to consider Jockamo fee nan you either workin Australia they go to New York how together do a song cry so just call it a try [Music] upon discovering China Europeans started buying ceramics in huge quantities in the 16th and 17th centuries tea arrived in the West tea drinking became a fashionable and very expensive habit handcrafted Chinese items became particularly popular especially fans and everyday thing for Chinese people but in Europe and Russia a fan became a symbol of affluence and noble lineage but the main exports to Europe were porcelain tea and of course silk the eponymous staple of the Great Silk Route sheelane Yoga old always young be a tradition would seem honor today don't you come what a sartorial try and what real users of all human may return to Diamond Oracle of you so to confirm watching Hannah chart require young don't see me I'm from what God but you know you know that chicolini yeah yes sure young in October 2013 during his tour of Southeast Asian countries the president of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping proposed the idea of establishing a 21st century maritime Silk Route as a joint initiative it's now become one of the main elements of China's foreign trade activity and foreign policy the construction of ultra-modern ports with one more step along the road to completing the project [Music] [Music] in 2017 the fourth automated container terminal commenced operations at Shanghai's yunxiang deepwater port now the key and all the warehouses and trucks are operated robotically instead of by people who you know doesn't take a math or nursery bad it's no harm at all [Music] Hashem supervises the work of the world's biggest automated key if can boast sixteen automated overhead cranes for t-track mounted container loaders and fifty unmanned vehicles infallible expansion and water for us hi y hi sir Wilmette encoder comes in consciousness entitled you're an associate employee there you go wrong sada Shiva woman the jumbotron here your call Charlie I'm sure you'll shoot amazing [Music] Hey - is amazing once inside each other - same tradition as to 2014 sorry sighs don't have 1gb Allah all right - our big honeymoon is a moment automated port workers are doing exactly the same job as their human counterparts on the next key after the shippers birth they unload the containers place them in designated locations and reload the vessel with new containers it's all done under the watchful eye of a dispatcher who doesn't have to work at 40 degrees centigrade outside instead he could stay in his air-conditioned office with a cup of coffee so she does he go to Uncle down she waits about man Jordan shot minion cochina you and she about sound so I'm gonna come in yet in the near future the number of port robots will be increased several times when the automated terminal is operating at full capacity it will have 26 overhead cranes 120 tracker cranes and 130 unmanned vehicles but can machines rarely replace humans 20 that's no harm at ho didn't put the shot that she learns how Zola and are you Indian country do you just call Santa John prophesying John when I saw had the Congo and opt-out Busan thanks to robots yangshin hasn't only increased its turnover dramatically but it's also reduced co2 emissions by 10% [Music] our ship's captain prefers the old-fashioned way and uses the classic thought which is more familiar and cheaper all the work on his ship has been accomplished so it's time to prepare for departure it's a theta the angle since they're interpreting enter our mottos on either for en toe-to-toe nation with us I don't wanna see Swiss warrior [Music] even as the cargo-ship pulls out of yung-chun the numerous containers that it delivered are already on their way to the mainland the island port is connected to the mainland by the 32 kilometer long high bridge a unique construction consisting of three parts the largest section is a low fire duct over the water it changes into cable-stayed sections for safe passage of sea traffic until 2007 Donghai was the longest sea bridge in the world but then the Chinese beat their own record by building the 36 kilometer Shanghai Ningbo bridge beating your own records is a very Chinese habit can cost about eco kwacha shinji fattened you got shoes so I can count on you got your comfort I wish a mere she don't show me what a winner well you can't hide your father [Music] since the time of the southern Song dynasties wooden ships setting sail on the very first trade voyages China has always preserved the spirit of the great maritime Silk Route and is now trying to breathe new life into it by encouraging other countries to establish a shared maritime route to promote economic prosperity and cultural partnerships new modern harbors like Yongsan port are becoming the mainstay of those same new partnerships you [Music]

Channel: RT Documentary

Views: 374,766

Keywords: RT Documentary, Documentary Channel, RTD Documentary Channel, Documentary film, RTDoc, China port, Yangshan, Yangshan container port, World's number 1 container port, Crane operator, Guandong Maritime Silk Road Museum, Belt and Road intiative, modern freight shipping, Nanhai 1

Id: 3A1JWWcAcZo

Length: 26min 4sec (1564 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 14 2019

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