Yangshan: How China Built A Mega-Port 30km Out At Sea | Megastructures | Spark

Yangshan is the beating heart of China’s maritime silk road. This colossal hub of worldwide trade smashes records for size, berths and load/unload times. This documentary looks at how this incredible feat of engineering was brought to life.
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[@44bett]

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY - thank you for this very informative video. The Chinese have incredible infrastructure. They graduate a million engineers per year - that has help this developing nation immensely. Well done China, Gong Ho!

[@rdallas81]

Here in the USA, poor leadership and perverse indoctrination is sliding us backwards. Likened to Sadom and the city of Ghomorah. Fullness of bread and idle time is the devils playground and the USA his personal workshop. Just the truth

[@tonysia6474]

This channel will never be old. Even generations past, this channel will still around us.

[@rdallas81]

Trust me. There is coming a time where few people will be watching documentaries. They will be busy scurrying around trying to survive. It will happen within the life expectation of a generation.

[@zhaokwong5544]

China ports are extremely efficient and handles massive amount of containers. More than half of the top global 10 ports are in China. Incredible skills in logistics.

[@ericl2152]

The 4th Industrial Revolution makes anything shipped across oceans, unprofitable and untenable.

[@mrklv1593]

8/10 i think are in china

[@somone1437]

they big exporter of cheap goodws and importer of food. Profit to be made by rich country=traffic

[@KorpusV6]

​@@somone1437 jealous much?

[@CC-pe1kz]

Well it’s forced labor 😂

[@greentraveler4114]

It's a decade ago project, now it's the smartest and largest sea port in the world.

[@steveclapper5424]

an incredible operation and its cost are only a fifth of the money we have already sent to the Ukraine.

[@grandwonder5858]

China is the #1 infrastructure builder in the world! Even the US, who tries to stop China’s progress, relies on China to build the toughest, most expensive infrastructures for its own needs!

[@cc23001]

​@@steveclapper5424😂😂😂 complete irrelevant comparison.

[@steveclapper5424]

@@cc23001 is it?

[@ericl2152]

Soon to be the largest and smartest abandoned port in the world. The PRC had to see the 4th IR coming? What were they thinking?

[@dkrao77]

I'm really fascinated to see this engineering Marvel port. My congratulations to all the Chinese engineers and the skilled workers who put up massive work to built world-class port...🙏

[@shadowmod3]

xD trust but verify.

[@TAZ0300]

@@dkrao77 you don’t get out much huh?😂😂😂

[@TAZ0300]

@@dkrao77 if this fascinates you then you should watch the Japan one that’s really something to brag about the Japanese Japanese people are really amazing engineers

[@LetsGoUSA]

​@@TAZ0300Japanese engineers are no better than the Chinese.

[@猫小熊]

I went to high school in Shanghai 17 years ago. Our school organized an autumn field trip to Yanshan port. It was november and the weather was not good. Cloudy and strong wind. We hiked up a moutain and saw the whole port. We really had a good time there.

[@SMX815]

It is hard to put this in to context as this engineering on a whole new level & great documentation 👍

[@MILABRRA]

LOVE DOCUMENTARIES RELATED TO CHINA

[@rdallas81]

I love you. If you were a documentary, I would watch lt😊

[@Kiyoone]

Americans think that this is recent... But guys, this documentary is almost 20 years old.

[@SagittarianArrows]

Good one, cosmic belly laughter of a 1000 buddhas!

[@SVW1976]

Nobody really cares

[@alamk1956]

@@SVW1976 Pornographic superpower does not care.

[@har7102]

i'm a retired sailor and been to china, this is miniscule compared to all the ports that lined up the yangtze river

[@sergentzack]

No one can compete with china even if all the west put together their money and man power there still will not come close

[@chutsam7465]

There are 2 bridges in that area - Donghai Bridge 東海大橋, 东海大桥 "East Sea Bridge" length of 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) about 100km to the west is Hangzhou Bay Bridge 杭州湾大桥 / 杭州灣大橋 35.7 km (22.2 mi) a highway bridge from Shanghai towards Ningbo 宁波市. Both of these bridges are longer than the main bridge section (29.6 km / 18.4 mi) of the 55 km / 34 mi Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge-tunnel system.

[@rdallas81]

Much appreciated

[@kaythomas5884]

I recently travelled this highway from Macau to Hong Kong and saw the incredible development of Macau on reclaimed land. Replacing the older ferries and hovercraft. 😊

[@kiptoov]

Chinese engineers are underrated These guys are so good

[@Holocaustica]

I think it’s genuinely ironic that the worlds busiest ports need their actual footage to be played at 16x for you to get a sense of tempo. They are just soooo enormous. Like the sun crossing the sky.

[@st4207]

Do not take a miracle of Cosmic Wonder for granted - Ignorance is bliss!

[@harryjones5260]

dont think you understand the meaning of irony or tempo. speeded up footage is normal to illustrate activity.

[@Holocaustica]

@@harryjones5260 the irony is that the place looks quite calm when it’s described as “bustling” or “busy.” Stay in school, lil guy.

[@SamVekemans]

I wish that KZbin had the mandatory feature when uploading videos to indicate when the video was actually recorded. Knowing the upload date is useless without knowing when the video was made. Sometimes, uploaders are helpful with adding it in the description, but it should be a requirement for upload.

[@SagittarianArrows]

Are you going to demand movie directors to tell you when they record? Go stuff yourself.

[@PureVikingPowers]

4:46 Why would you put countries that's not a part of China inside of China?

[@frankcheung917]

I fully agree with you.

[@hurdaaye]

agreed, now i have to guess if 20 years or older

[@Voltage-v7w]

@adolft_officialmaking such comments makes you happy?

[@Oromov2008]

As a Indian , full marks to China, we should appreciate the Chinese for their vision & hard work. Amaze to see their mastering the skills of engineering & technology.

[@grandwonder5858]

Imagine how much China and India could help each other and contribute to mankind if India unites with China to do great things together instead of following the US’s orders to fight China on every conceivable issue!

[@TERMICOBRA]

@@grandwonder5858 Yes blame it on America instead of Communist China stealing India's land along with the lands of Vietnam, Philippines, and planning a war against Taiwan.

[@cc23001]

​@@grandwonder5858ccp makes true peace with India impossible. BRICS but border clashes. Together they would be best if India stepped up and led, don't follow China

[@geneappeal]

​​​​@@grandwonder5858 I have to point out that China is the one being the bully. It is built into Xi Jinping's mantra which is visible on billboards all over China: The East ascends, the West declines. Imagine doing business with a country that while profiting from your trade overtly advertises its desire that you perish? China could have had it all but for its need to replace the US as the world's most powerful nation. There are many reasons to criticize the US but don't forget it was Western, and largely US, investment and technology that allowed China to develop in the first place. It certainly wasn't a result of Soviet aid or the Cultural Revolution. Furthermore Chinese hubris would never allow it to partner equally with India. China would have to be preeminent. That same hubris will be the agent of China's downfall.

[@ASIFKARACHI1988]

we are insect to give full or half marks to china, man....that is realty.....China looks to me from different planet.

[@vijaysankarkalita6093]

Always have a weakness for this type of documentaries..accompanying music is superb..Thanks to all! 🙏

[@iTrans888]

A truly amazing feat. China is unstoppable. Great work.....!

[@AquariumRandomVideo2]

The documentary was made in 2007. Source: 50:21

[@dj_meta]

When the government is clear on its mandate and works to improve the stature of the country as a whole rather than let private companies milk it for their bottom line, we get engineering marvels like this.

[@PeterSzeto-es6em]

So proud of the motherland.👍

[@Happiness.789]

No one can compete with the Chinese engineer and workers' in building infrastructure. Suppose 10 km road with equal parameters and equipments is given to Chinese engineers and rest of the world engineers , Chinese workers will always come first.

[@andyyin1100]

Consider China is 1.4 billion population is doing very well with self sufficient.

[@kamsunleong6648]

​@nobodyclose8972 It does mostly, considering the size of the population and country. For one, It's a well-known fact that they don't have homeless tent cities on their cities' sidewalks.

[@buggsy5]

@@kamsunleong6648 Nor will they ever - the government would not allow it. Also, the culture is quite different from Western nations.

[@julyseven808]

Great construction.

[@virendraprakashsingh3874]

Well done. Hat's off to the Chinese engineers and workers. Good luck for next project

[@priscillaferguson267]

Saluting China in its achievements with the development of the mega-port project and how effective their operations are.

[@mountainjeff]

Wonder what it's like now, 17 years later.

[@Desmondo58]

It's bigger

[@randyswier5162]

Tofu?

[@netterdrachen1687]

​@@randyswier5162that is in your head.

[@pcstar123]

The loading and unloading of containers is unmanned and the trucks moving the containers in port are also unmanned!

[@PureVikingPowers]

Don't worry about it. China's in decline now that port isn't used because they can't sell to EU and US we started taking a harder stand against the dictatorship of China as of late.

[@profiskipinternational4402]

awesome documentary. congrats to the producers .... and this project clearly shows, why China is the exporter no. 1 in the world. They built the right infrastructure not to end in a bottle neck (which now is the suez canal as we have seen with the accident during covid the Cargo giant Evergreen grounded). Just mind boggling to think in such dimensions. Who says, that Chinese cant do it .... they have the discipline and are highly skilled (and motivated)

[@Felipe-n3j]

China had the technology , skilled man power & the money to build it….no problem at all.

[@davidcerullo7976]

I loved this video! It was so interesting and informative! The Chinese people are brilliant and disciplined!

[@ah5878]

Crane operators now sit in control room controlling remotely and no longer need to physically endure the look down and stress. I wish LA port automate like that for the safety and wellbeing of the operator and the efficiency of the port.

[@可乐啊-u8o]

The United States can't do it because the trade union stopped it, and now the trade union demands a 70% salary increase. The United States will fall behind China in the future.

[@phillouh3166]

what an excellent video report! Thanks...

[@LadyDewBuild]

You just posted this today, But the film says it WILL be completed in 2020... So how old is this video??

[@LadyDewBuild]

@GWG-ib9cv lol No older then that, they were speaking in the furture. I know, I know, Logic is hard

[@jondurr]

2007

[@Shakdnugz2024]

Early 2010s probably 2014, use to watch these in high school if you want to know 👍🏻

[@Kiyoone]

This documentary is almost 20 years old!!

[@birdsnature6421]

The documentary was made in 2007. Source: 50:21

[@chaipod]

As a ex sailor in merchant marine during the 70s n 80s, back then China's port is a easy job, but now the cargo ship's size r like super tankers n the traffic is terrible. Chinese r good sailors, kudos to them, their ship building can take any country.

[@SamsonOhsem]

Almost good in Everything!

[@gw6975]

Quite amazing!

[@GibbieJackson]

Really fascinating!

[@guyparris4871]

Stunning, and simple

[@JosephDent-qd9ih]

I'm a Merchant Marine, went to school in Louisiana 2002.

[@versatrade1]

So what did u learn? As an US merchant marine were you taught to hate/ love/ respect other nation's achievements?

[@deepone5005]

​@@versatrade1possibly we steal, cheat and lie....and start wars.

[@seawater1322]

and? you want a medal for that?

[@jilidkuminding7356]

Brove China. Powering ASIA. Powering the WORLD 👏👏👏💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️

[@lemonade_ib]

China is the greatest country in terms of engineering marvel in history.

[@BoycottChinaa]

@@lemonade_ib pirates making tofu dreg products

[@vitamin-c_1145]

@@BoycottChinaa stereotypes Does hating others make you happy?

[@vitamin-c_1145]

@@BoycottChinaa the only tofu around is your brain ok?🤣👉😭

[@BoycottChinaa]

@@vitamin-c_1145 only if they hate me first!

[@vitamin-c_1145]

@@BoycottChinaa China never really hate anyone tho

[@beammeup1701a]

hey sparky..... how about a current update of the project??

[@vitamin-c_1145]

Still here as a huge port,doin pretty good

[@philwasson6406]

Good remark

[@medialcanthus9681]

Chinese are hardworking and focused.

[@JosephDent-qd9ih]

I've always had a great love for ships. Dr Dent astrophysicist Rocketeledyne owner.

[@joshuajuarez3471]

Yes sir. I m with ya

[@Mayangone]

This must be the third time it have been re-released.

[@SagittarianArrows]

Not everybody wakes up at the same time!

[@ioanbota9397]

Realy I like it they are powerful and intelligent

[@KonstantinTsiolkovsky-iv8fw]

Most Chinese ports cranes are already 100% automated

[@davidhuttner9431]

The solution to all our passenger and cargo transport problems is to develop asap ambient temperature superconductors. As soon as we have them, maglev, vacuum-tube trains will be cheap to operate. With flotable pontoons beneath the rails, we can span all the oceans with these railroads.

[@buggsy5]

I don't think so. There is a huge problem called inertia that would make such a system impractical or impossible - at least for passenger transport.

[@HappyPandaBear73]

BRAVO CHINA AND TEAM CHINA ALL THE WAY!👍🙂

[@seanitoism]

The sky dont lie

[@steventan2550]

True 20 years ago.

[@seanitoism]

@@steventan2550 um.....today homie

[@marsaeolus9248]

@@seanitoismThey fixed like 90% of their pollution problem, Shanghai is now as polluted as cities in the west, even lower during some months

[@seanitoism]

@marsaeolus9248 80% of their water table is unsafe for consumption and they have 4 times coal power plants than India 2nd place. You must be wumao. 90% better..Lol

[@birdsnature6421]

The documentary was made in 2007. Source: 50:21

[@roychain4877]

Glory China bridges is their art they always look ahead unlike the U S waisting tax payers money on unnessary wars China 🇨🇳 is way ahead wonderful China 🇨🇳 South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤❤❤U

[@dayveda3736]

Flippin incredible what men can do. Chinese men.

[@JosephDent-qd9ih]

Love that engineering.

[@toddmarshall416]

50:00 Instead of a bridge, an underground railroad (e.g. Boring) tunnel would have made more sense and been cheaper. It would have taken a fraction of the material and labor; would be immune to weather; would take minimal material and labor to operate; and would be faster and more efficient. In fact, they should be putting in such a replacement right now...or several of them...with provisions for routing. Provisions would be necessary assuming shifts caused by earthquakes (e.g. automatically operating airlocks and/or doors like ships have). It would have provisions for tunneling around or through breaks efficiently and quickly. And of course pumps to expel bilge water and circulate air. Air would come in via snorkels. Mitigating every conceivable failure and calamity would be a feature, not an afterthought. Remember, it hasn't been that long ago that containerization was proposed and implemented... by a single person and his company.

[@Vin.1904]

China dont have any tunnel building experience back then unlike the european country. Yes they can dig a tunnel between mountains but not undersea tunnel. Their first undersea tunnel is part of the hongkong-macau-zhuhai bridge & tunnel which was completed in 2018/19

[@toddmarshall416]

@@Vin.1904 Under rating China?

[@antoniosdimoulas3566]

Yankee ingenuity?? Nobody is lessening to the glorious USA anymore . Remember, the USA owes $7. Trillions to China . With a Capital ( T ). 😮😢

[@vitamin-c_1145]

@@toddmarshall416 they are like this la All get scammed by western media thinking china is trash

[@michaelhoran407]

April 23, 2024 the largest container ship capacity is 24,300 TEU.

[@KamogaEdward-wj3yb]

Really miss china, just loved being there like my second home

[@tianshupiao2127]

When China started building this project, the Western media would say that China was building ghost cities. Now, haha.

[@Thinkofwhat]

The Grand Canal!?

[@hamlet2017]

I also think building The Grand Canal was more significant than Great Walls for China.

[@antoniosdimoulas3566]

Unfathomable, China wow ! 🇨🇳🤔😳🤩 💪✊👍

[@danis8162]

A mere Earth is never enough for the Great-Wall people .

[@Asset88]

China is the future of our world,,,, Peace and prosperity 🙏☮️ No more USA forever Wars.

[@paulbohnert685]

I am surprised it hasnt sunk yet!

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

"Each handle 20 million containers, with an error rate of less than 1%" 36:56 How much is 'less than'? A 1% rate is 200,000 errors a year, or 548 errors every 24 hour day, or 45 each hour - that's in EACH PORT! Doesn't sound that great!!! And "The driver's cabin has windows on three sides, which allows the driver to see a lot more" 38:45 er, yer, that's normal for any vehicle! 😄

[@PahatRout]

If a gantry crane can consistently handle an average of 47 boxes per hour as reported elsewhere, this average is already about the most consistent and amongst the highest worldwide. Basically via crane automation, as planned at Singapore's Tuas port, each operator can handle 2 cranes at once; whereas in many developing economies, they would deploy 3 crane drivers to 2 cranes, increasing labor cost as well as slowing down productivity as the cabins are located some 90 m above ground. Anyway, I suppose your national port/s are automated?

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

@@PahatRout 😆doesn't change a word of what I said!

[@xye-NYC]

If an error is made, they just have to spend extra time to correct them. The documentary goes on to explain what has been done to minimize errors. It didn't compare with error rates at other similar ports in other parts of the world which might have addressed your comment.

[@xye-NYC]

Agreed that the description or translation about the container transport truck was inaccurate. From the video, I can see the back of the cab is transparent and the sides have 2 windows each. This video is almost 20 years old. Back in 2021, a port in Tianjin became the world's first fully automated driverless port using 5G tech. Containers are moved on the ground with automated driverless trucks.

[@JW-jm5ll]

Do not kill the black bears in Taiwan, and Do not kill the 500 brown bears in Romania; these animals are innocent life! May God bless these bears and everyone!

[@MADDENCN]

If u live in the west, i bet they dont show this on the news 😂

[@apocain]

这滤镜挺有意思，好像80年代的复古感~

[@可乐啊-u8o]

就算你做出宇宙飞船也会加上滤镜。意识形态的贬低。

[@ferencadamsik6317]

Bravo Kina, Kalappal le Elötük!!!¡

[@colinkulasik1128]

Why didn't they put rail access across that bridge? They would be more effective to load those containers on rail to get them off that island

[@johopsequ9713]

train need flat line.. the bridge need to be higher for container ship to go through.. you know the math

[@三脚猫部队]

你知道货运大部分时间花在在装卸货上，多了一个火车转运，反而效率很低很多

[@roldanduarteholguin7102]

Export the Azure, Chat GPT, Revit, Plant 3D, Civil 3D, Inventor, ENGI file of the Building or Refinery to Excel, prepare Budget 1 and export it to COBRA. Prepare Budget 2 and export it to Microsoft Project. Solve the problems of Overallocated Resources, Planning Problems, prepare the Budget 3 with which the construction of the Building or the Refinery is going to be quoted.

[@ah5878]

Meanwhile US is having a strike on eastern ports demanding almost double the wage and curtailing automation, lol.

[@whitefox9]

In 2008 China paid Australian construction companies to build the stadiums and big projects

[@iwanghirawan]

no wonder why china is the champion in international trade

[@HappytubsDoncaster]

13 hours a day away from your family then retire just in time to die! 😂 gotta love planet earth

[@Afahs993]

I think this type of jobs, you take week work/week off.. shifts

[@vitamin-c_1145]

The just fucking hate china for no reason

[@DougGrinbergs]

No freight rail?

[@krm8494]

This documentary is supposed to be about the harbour. Most of it is about loading and offloading containers, something common to all harbours. A waste of time

[@kj1st26]

That's my Mason ship I use to work on as a engineer! 😊

[@JW-jm5ll]

Do not kill animals, do not harm animals, it is strictly forbidden to kill dogs and sell dog meat, do not kill dogs, do not eat dog meat, protect animals, love animals, all things have spirits! Do not give up any opportunity to save lives!! Good deeds will be rewarded!! Evil deeds will be punished!! Do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and blessings will come!!

[@deepone5005]

How is Yanshan compared to the No2 in Singapore, a predominantly Chinese nation?

[@theenvironment5789]

awesome

[@JosephDent-qd9ih]

Morgan City Louisiana Merchant Marine corps.

[@forgottenman8629]

has this port put China on top by handling more of the planet's stuff than anyone else...

[@arndbrack2339]

can't decide what's more annoying - americans hating on china or people defending china. still, a massive project. very impressing

[@vitamin-c_1145]

100% Chinese haters If they never existed the ppl defending China probably never appears too

[@JimBartz]

very little info about how it was built, as the title says.

[@bobsinhav]

But this terminal doesn't have direct rail access

[@juancarlosmartin4690]

This container ship is "normal size" heavy weigth containers ship can handle 20,000 TEUS per cargo.. the one hosted here is only 3-5 thousand.

[@aggabus]

5:20. 01 300 m t 5:28 05. 800 mt

[@adeniyitaofik3832]

utter GREATNESS

[@jondurr]

Copyright 2007

[@fanabhekinkosimadonsela3950]

It's pretty impressive ❤. Lead us China 🇨🇳

[@akhalif579]

Absolute fine enginering achievement while europe/America is getting old and Africa sleeping bad. Thanks

[@xiv3r]

China's roadmap for the advance futuristic city of tomorrows

[@JW-jm5ll]

Please drive with caution. If more care had been taken, the life of brown bear Grizzly 399 could have been saved. Avoid causing harm to animals or people accidentally.

[@jg5875]

This channel plays very old documentaries. Beware. This is from 2007.

[@CharlieSweigart]

Yes, a large number of human beings can look great when they are all civilized and controllable. And even better when uncontrollable and unprofitable people are removed. Please help anyone, Allow more of anyone to come into your home land to stay and live.

[@biochemwang2421]

This mega port is basically automated now, no need of crane operators and truck drivers.

[@Glory-to-God.]

As a photographer, I can see that the entire video was filmed with a filter for some reasons, dont know why

[@yasinhalife89]

Great for expansion for Import exports welcoming many other Brics Members without the dollar trade exchange.

[@2wwwilly]

Its a big port today in China besides other mega ports ..fully computerised and robotic handlers driverless haulers and some pilotless zones ..😂😂❤❤

[@picurve]

Yet, crew change is next to impossible 😂😂😂

[@marsaeolus9248]

This is 20 years old

[@braulsg2008]

Worlds biggest drug port in the whole earth

[@FrankGuo-wu5cg]

China doesn't have drug problem.