It is imperative to transform ports to the modern service industry. This paper discusses the way of establishing modern comprehensive logistics system centering on ports from four aspects including dry bulk logistics, container logistics, motor ro/ro logistics and dry port construction. Based on this system, the whole transportation process is controlled precisely and in real-time, and the control of the whole logistics chain is realized. This paper also expounds some attempts implemented by Shanghai Port in the process of transformation to the modern service industry.