The terminals are currently under construction and will be equipped with automated operation facilities.
The 7th container handling center at Kaohsiung port, is 2,415 m in length with 18 m draught. It will be able to accommodate five 22,000 teu ultra-large containerhips simultaneously.
The first phase of the project project (two and half berths) will be completed in 2022 and the other two and half berths delivered in 2023.
Evergreen Marine has leased container terminals at Kaohsiung port since 1986 and currently has six terminals handling 3.6m teu last year, accounting for 35% of the total container volume of Kaohsiung port.
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To meet the market demands of large-sized ships and keep upgrading its fleet structure, Evergreen Marine is starting to to operate 20,000 teu and larger boxships home-ported at Kaohsiung. The advanced facility of Kaohsiung 7th container centre is in line with the company’s development strategy to introduce more ultra-large container ships.
The company will receive 47 newbuildings during 2018-2011, including sixteen 2,800teu boxships, eleven 20,000 teu boxships and twenty 11,000 teu boxships.
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