Port of Kaohsiung

Port of Kaohsiung
Map
Native name
高雄港
Location
Country Taiwan
LocationKaohsiung
Coordinates22°36′48″N 120°16′45″E / 22.61333°N 120.27917°E / 22.61333; 120.27917
Details
Opened1858
Operated byPort of Kaohsiung Branch, Taiwan International Ports Corporation
Owned byMinistry of Transportation and Communications
No. of wharfs116
Statistics
Annual container volume10.27 million TEU (2017)
Website
Official website

The Port of Kaohsiung (POK; Chinese: 高雄港; pinyin: Gāoxióng Gǎng; Wade–Giles: Kao1-hsiung2 Kang3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông-káng) is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2015.[1] The port is located in southern Taiwan, adjacent to Kaohsiung City, and surrounded by the city districts of Gushan, Yancheng, Lingya, Cianjhen, Siaogang, as well as Cijin. It is operated by Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Taiwan's state-owned harbor management company.[2]

The first entrance
The second entrance
  1. ^ "World Shipping Council - Top 50 Container Ports". Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ^ "Kaohsiung Port".