The container load capacity and ship scale of super-large container ships are constantly updated,which put forward higher requirements for the design of terminal structure.This paper takes the structural design of a super large container terminal in Yantian Port as an example,analyzes the design load and the natural conditions of the project area such as wave,current and geology in detail,and summarizes the major and difficult points of engineering design with large design load and complex geological conditions.For the major and difficult points of design,the paper analyzes and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of several common structural types and pile foundation types of the terminal ,as well as the applicability of the project,and obtains that the rationality of the design load value and the applicability of the structure to the geological conditions are key points of the design of the structure of the super large container terminal.The paper proposes the wharf structure scheme with the optimal structure and the lowest cost through the comparison and demonstration of multiple schemes of the rack distance and superstructure.