Tag: Taiwan

According to International news, on 6th September, three Chinese sailors found dead on a bulk carrier, which transporting coal, in waters off Hualien in eastern Taiwan.

On August 14th, Evergreen Marine Corp. (EMC) held an official opening ceremony for the newly built fully-automated container terminal, Terminal 7, at Kaohsiung Port.

According to local news, on 21st July, a containership sunk near the entrance to Taiwan’s Kaohsiung port, leaving on the surface hundreds of floating containers. Efforts to stabilize it failed overnight.

As the Taiwanese Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai said on Monday, two of the country's shipping companies have reduced their carbon emissions by 40%.

Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines to pay $950,000 in civil penalties as well as refunds of charges in a detention and demurrage case by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in Washington DC., which dates back to 2021.

Wan Hai Lines, a Taiwanese shipping company, has received its first eco-sustainable,13,100 TEU container ship from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

A cargo ship capsized in Taiwan Strait 90 nm west of Kaohsiung, on January 16, with all of the crew being rescued.

The cement carrier sank "Xing Shun No 1" sank on October 31 on the east side of the Changhua channel in the Taiwan Strait, and 12 crew members are missing.

Taiwan has been searching for a chief officer who was reported overboard from a Vietnamese bulk carrier. The chief officer was one of four Vietnamese crew members who fell from the supramax VIMC Sunrise off Mailiao on October 17.

The Taiwan border has been open since 13 October, and crew exchange can now be conducted at the country’s commercial ports.