The invention relates to an automatic information management system and method for container terminals, and belongs to the technical field electronic information. The technical scheme is that the system comprises a terminal operation system, an equipment control system and a data interaction interface, wherein the terminal operation system is used for planning and assigning tasks, managing task states, sending instructions to the equipment control system and receiving feedback information; the equipment control system is used for receiving operation information,, driving equipment to execute the instructions, monitoring operation states of the equipment and returning the operation information and the states of the equipment to the terminal operation system; and the terminal operation system and the equipment control system carry out task transmission and processing through the data interaction interface. The system provided by the invention has the beneficial effect that an information management system which is capable of optimizing the structure as far as possible and being simplified in information acquisition, smooth in constructed data and clear in division of work. According to the system and method provided by the invention, a complete solution is provided for the port container loading, unloading and transporting informatization, and the terminal running is smooth, so that the terminal operation efficiency is further enhanced and a lot of labor cost is saved.