The water supply and drainage instrument monitoring system in the traditional container terminals using manual meter reading method,is inefficiency,has high error rate,cannot timely monitor and maintenance pipeline leakage fault and instrumentation fault.The paper analyzes various factors that cause a series of problems,discusses the characteristics of the current commonly used intelligent instrument to water supply and drainage system in container terminal.Using the DCS system architecture method for monitoring instrument industry automation mature,combining with the specific circumstances of Yangshan deepwater port phase IV of Shanghai international shipping center，the remote monitoring system of the water supply and drainage in the automated container terminal is put forward,which is function perfect,reliable,high efficiency and easy operation.