Ports

Taiwan is home to seven international commercial ports: Keelung, Kaohsiung, Hualien, Taichung, Suao, Anping, and Taipei. These ports play a key role in Taiwan's economy.

Details of Ports are as follows :-

Keelung Port :-

The Port of Keelung also known as Keelung Harbor, is located in the vicinity of Keelung City, Taiwan. It is operated by Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Taiwan's state-owned port management company.

The port forms a narrow waterway with approximately 2,000 meters in length and 400 meters in width that extends from the inner harbor in the southwest to the port mouth in the northwest.

The port serves destinations to the Matsu Islands, Xiamen, Okinawa and Keelung Islet. The Port of Keelung is accessible from Keelung Station of the Taiwan Railways.

 Taichung Port :-

The Port of Taichung also Taichung Port, is a port located in Wuqi District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is the second-largest port in Taiwan after Kaohsiung Port and operated by Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Taiwan's state-owned harbor management company. It serves as a regional transshipment hub for bulk cargoes, a container port for near-sea shipping routes, and it is a main port-of-call for Cross-Strait passenger-cargo vessels. In addition, the Port of Taichung has a comprehensive highway and road network conveniently, connecting the port with other parts of Taiwan. The Port of Taichung’s current 58 berths are equipped to handle container, bulk & general, coal, grain, and liquid cargoes as well as passengers. With its competitive advantages, the Port of Taichung attracts many state-owned and private companies to run business here. Annual cargo tonnage handled at our port has exceeded 100 million metric tons

Kaohsiung Port :-

The Port of Kaohsiung is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2015.

The port is located in southern Taiwan, adjacent to Kaohsiung City, and surrounded by the city districts of Gushan, Yancheng, Lingya, Cianjhen, Siaogang, as well as Cijin. It is operated by Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Taiwan's state-owned harbor management company.