The study “Sustainable Strategies for Ports“ (Topic 3) developed within the scope of the MKS China mobility and fuel strategy was carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML and the PTV Group in cooperation with the ‘Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit’ (GIZ) in China and the Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering (TIWTE). In parallel the studies “Analysis and evaluation of energy efficiency in automated container terminals“ (Topic 1) and ”Shore-to-Ship power“ (Topic 2) were developed.