Port of Kaohsiung
Port of Kaohsiung | |
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Native name | 高雄港 |
Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Location | Kaohsiung |
Coordinates | 22°36′48″N 120°16′45″E / 22.61333°N 120.27917°E |
Details | |
Opened | 1858 |
Operated by | Port of Kaohsiung Branch, Taiwan International Ports Corporation |
Owned by | Ministry of Transportation and Communications |
No. of wharfs | 116 |
Statistics | |
Annual container volume | 10.27 million TEU (2017) |
Website Official website |
The Port of Kaohsiung (POK;
History
The port was a natural
Qing Empire
In 1858, the Qing Dynasty lost the
Empire of Japan
In the early Japanese era, the colonial government decided to undertake large projects with the intention to develop the port into a modern harbor. Japanese built the port up in three stages, the first was finished in 1908, the second in 1912, and the third was halted half way at the start of World War II. During World War II, the port was heavily bombed by the western Allies.
After the war II
After the war, restarted development of the port. The "second port" was built in 1975 by breaking the land bridge between Siaogang and Cijin.
At the southern side of the second port entrance, a museum and park currently stands nearby the recently established Intercontinental Terminal (No. 6 Terminal). This museum describes the history and clearance of a significantly sized residential community which was situated nearby to the expanded port.[3]
The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast towards the southern tip of India to Mombasa, from there through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean and there to the Upper Adriatic region of Trieste with its rail connections to Central and Eastern Europe.[4][5]
In 2017, Taiwan International Ports Corporation has completed the expensive expansion of Port of Kaohsiung and added new facilities to advance both container and passenger throughput.
Port of Kaohsiung expanded its passenger service facilities with the introduction of a new mobile and adjustable passenger bridge to facilitate passenger embarkation and disembarkation from large cruise ships, such as
Ongoing efforts by the Taiwan International Ports Corporation have resulted in growth for the port's cruise business. An estimated 127,000 cruise passengers are expected to visit the Port of Kaohsiung in 2017.
The port's ferry terminal is also being expanded. In 2017, over 530,000 passengers traveled on the Budai–Penghu route during the tourist season, a 5.4 percent increase over the same period in the previous year. In order to accommodate the increase in transit passengers, the port is renovating its existing passenger service center. The ferry pier is also being extended so that it will be able to berth two ferries of over 500mt simultaneously, giving Port of Budai sufficient wharf space to concurrently berth up to nine ferries.[6]
Accidents and incidents
- In 2018, a big cargo ship the Chinese Steel Innovator crashed into the rear of the Evergreen Ever Laden as it was arriving. No deaths or injuries were reported. [7]
- On 3 June 2021, a docking ship operated by OOCL hit another ship and container crane and caused it to collapse.[8] Another crane was damaged although it did not collapse. [9]
Map of the port
= Industry Area; = Container Docks; = Bulk and Sundry Goods Docks; = Warehouse Exchange Area; = Fishery Harbor; = Commercial Area; = Naval Base
(No.6 Terminal)
(Fisher Dock)
(No.4 Terminal)
(No.1 and No.2 Terminal)
(No.3 Terminal)
(No.5 Terminal)
See also
- List of East Asian ports
- Taiwan International Ports Corporation
References
- ^ "World Shipping Council - Top 50 Container Ports". Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Kaohsiung Port".
- ^ "Hongmaogang Cultural Park". Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ Geoffrey F. Gresh "To Rule Eurasia's Waves: The New Great Power Competition at Sea" (2020), pp 191.
- ^ Marcus Hernig: Die Renaissance der Seidenstraße (2018) pp 112.
- ^ "Taiwan's Port of Kaohsiung Readies for Growth". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "VLOC Collides with Containership at Taiwan's Kaohsiung Harbour". 20 June 2018.
- ^ Everington, Keoni (3 June 2021). "Video shows massive container crane collapse at Kaohsiung port". Taiwan News. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "OOCL vessel blamed for crane collapse at Taiwan port". 4 June 2021.
Gallery
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A ship passing the first port
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Takau port, 1897
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Sunrise at Kaohsiung harbour viewed from a ferry
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A container processing zone
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A ferryboat
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Entrance gate to Port of Kaohsiung
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Floating drydock Jong Shyn No. 8 in Port of Kaohsiung
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Shipping container in Kaohsiung Harbor