ZPMC Pitches AI Port Platform as US Congress Flags Security Risk

ZPMC showcased its AI-driven port automation platform to about 30 Chinese state-owned enterprises ahead of November's CIIE. The system already runs at Qinzhou and Yangshan and is sold to terminals in 100 countries. A US congressional probe says ZPMC's ties to China's intelligence law could give Beijing access to ports.

• ZPMC showed autonomous straddle carriers and remotely operated cranes to 30 Chinese SOEs
• The platform bundles cranes, AGVs and terminal operating software from one vendor
• Nearly 80% of US ship-to-shore cranes are ZPMC-built; 44 of 55 on order in 2025 were too
• The US committed over $20 billion to replace Chinese-built cranes with domestic ones