In the east operation area of Yantian Port,the overall layout of the automated container terminal is difficult due to the large amount of single vessel operation,high operation efficiency requirements,irregular land morphology,high proportion of water and land transfer,multiple boundaries and complex terrain conditions.Aiming at this problem,the key factors of the overall layout of the automated container terminal are analyzed and their importance is evaluated.Combined with the characteristics of the project,the automatic layout and multi-level intelligent gate layout mode of “ automatic double car quay crane + unmanned container truck + automatic double cantilever ARMG,yard parallel to the front line of the terminal,side operation” are proposed,which has good site adaptability and high degree of automation.At the same time,the spacial traffic separation mode of inner and outer container trucks of “turn around at the end of the container area” is adopted,and the rolling development will meet the demand of full capacity operation when port opens in the near future.The arrangement method solves the overall layout problem under complex terrain conditions in the east operation area of Yantian port area,and can provide reference for similar projects.