The Port of Kaohsiung and Canada’s Port of Nanaimo on Monday formally became “sister ports” during the Pacific Ports Conference in Canada, the Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) said.
The Port of Nanaimo is Taiwan’s third sister port in Canada after the Port of Vancouver and Fraser River Port.
The signing ceremony was attended by TIPC president Wang Chin-jung (王錦榮), Kaohsiung Port Branch harbor master Chen Tsu-chiang (陳祖強), Port of Nanaimo board chair Donna Hais and Port of Nanaimo CEO Ian Marr.
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Wang, who became president of the state-owned company last year, said that the sister-port relationship between the Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s biggest port, and the Port of Nanaimo, a natural deep-water harbor on Vancouver Island, would “benefit both sides greatly.”
The Port of Kaohsiung signed a similar agreement with the Port of Vancouver in 1993, and the two ports have maintained close ties, he said.
“In addition to exchanges in many areas such as technology and management, this has been very helpful to the operations of Taiwanese shippers such as Evergreen Marine Corp and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp,” he said.
The US-initiated tariff war was one of the most discussed issues at the conference, he said.
Tariffs could lead to a reduction of about 500,000 to 550,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units in TIPC’s cargo volume, or about 3.8 percent of the total, he said.
However, compared with other countries, Taiwan’s economic position and port strength remain “highly resilient and competitive,” he added.
The conference announced that the Port of Taichung would host the 2032 annual meeting. The Port of Kaohsiung hosted the meeting last year.
This “not only demonstrates the determination of Taiwan’s port group to continue deepening international exchanges, but also highlights Taiwan’s soft power in the international port arena,” Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver Director-General Angel Liu (劉立欣) said.
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