In view of the problems of cumbersome business processing process of the manual gates for traditional container terminals，the low efficiency of passing vehicles，the high error rate，and the higher traffic efficiency proposed by the increasing number of inbound and outbound trucks at the gates，we conduct the research of the application of automated container terminal intelligent gate control system and traditional artificial gate control system. Combining with the project of the automated container terminal at 7# and 8# berths in Dalanping，Qinzhou，we obtain a set of intelligent gates suitable for automated container terminals by introducing the software and hardware system composition of the intelligent gate and comparing the intelligent gate and the traditional artificial gate. The results show that the application of the multi-level intelligent gate form is beneficial to improve the operating efficiency of the gate，and the selection of modular equipment can improve the efficiency of design，installation and operation and maintenance.