Gates are extremely important parts of automated container terminals，which directly affect the overall service level of the terminal，and are the throat fortress connecting the transportation inside and outside the port. For the technical difficulties such as the land transportation ratio of the Qinzhou Port’s automated container terminal as high as 60%，the complex transportation organization and the limited space available for gate layout，we put forward the design concept of split gate shared parking buffer after a lot of research and analysis. We summarize the process flow，design principles，functional settings and layout of the gate，and effectively realize one-stop solution for labor-related business at entry and exit gates which provides a new idea for the layout of automated container terminal gate.