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The Port of Taichung (), also Taichung Port, is a

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located in

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. It is the second-largest port in Taiwan after Kaohsiung Port and operated by

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, Taiwan's state-owned harbor management company.

Overview

The port covers an area of , and includes industrial,

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, and business ports. It is -long and 2.5 to 4.5 km wide. It can accommodate vessels of up to 60,000 tons, and in June 2000 earned an ISO-9001 rating. The port still has hundreds of hectares left of undeveloped space. The harbor is located 110 nautical miles from Keelung Port and 120 nautical miles from Kaohsiung Port. In 2010, the harbor surpassed Keelung Port to become the second-largest port in Taiwan. Total investment has topped

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457.5 billion (US$15.3 billion) by 59 companies, while thirty firms have established operations within its free-trade zone. Compared to 2010, total cargo processed has grown 21% while containers handled grew 13.92%. The port has seen growing

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shipments in 2010, indicating signs of economic recovery for the island. The future development plan of Taichung Port includes a commercial port expansion plan and an industrial port development plan, which will be gradually implemented in line with the development of international shipping. The goal is that Taichung Port will become an international port with 78 terminals.

History

In August 1968, preliminary research into a new port started. By July 1969, it was decided to make Taichung Port into a new international port, with construction starting on 1 February 1971. The port first opened on 31 October 1976. The port was part of the Ten Major Construction Projects proposed by

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Port Configuration/Facilities

Taichung Port currently has 58 terminals with automated unloading and storage equipments. It includes the following: Coastal Recreation Specialized Zone, Fishery Specialized Zone, and the Taichung Marine Ecological Aquarium 台中海洋生態館 (Currently Under Construction) Food processing professional zone: Provide food raw material processing industry to settle in. Port Service Professional Zone (I): Port services, quarantine and other related and auxiliary facilities. Port Service Professional Zone (II): Port business office related purposes, Taichung Port Passenger Service Center. Warehousing and Transshipment Specialized Zone: Set up the China-Hong Kong Export Processing Zone of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Power Professional District (I): Set up Taichung Power Plant and related auxiliary facilities. Electric Power Specialized Area (II): Provide low-polluting power plants or wind power generators. Specialized petrochemical industry zone (I~IV): Located in Waidi District, providing related petrochemical industries to settle in. Industrial professional zone: Provides energy, power, steel, petrochemical and other port operating institutions to station. It invests in the construction of factory buildings, warehouses, storage yards, logistics centers and related facilities. Free Trade Port Area: The Port's volume of goods in the Free Trade Zone in 2013 was 12,637,515 metric tons, ranking first in Taiwan

Surrounding Sites

Mitsui Outlet Park Taichung The Mitsui Outlet Park Taichung Port () is an outlet store in Wuqi District, Taichung, Taiwan. History The idea to construct the outlet was brought up in September 2016. On 21 August 2017, the groundbreaking ceremony was held which was attende ...

Transportation

The port can be reached by bus, rail, or road.

Rail

* TRA Taichung Harbor Line

Road

*Provincial Highway No. 12 *Provincial Highway No. 17 * Provincial Highway No. 61

References

{{Ports and harbors of Taiwan 1976 establishments in Taiwan