Taiwanese ports are expected to handle a total of 15.4 million TEU this year, as the ports benefit from global logistical bottlenecks that have seen more containers being diverted to the island. This will be an all-time high.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan's largest container port, is expected to process 9.88 million TEU this year, up 3% from 2020. As things go, Kaohsiung’s throughput is likely to exceed 10 million-TEU in 2022. These figures were revealed by Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) chairman Lee Hsien-yi at a press conference last week.
The state-owned TIPC manages and operates seven ports on the island, and the higher container volumes will take its net profit to an estimated TW$7 billion (US$251.8 million) in 2021, up from TW$6 billion (US$213.6 million) in 2020 and TW$6.1 billion (US$203 million) in 2019.
Source: container-news.com
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