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Location: Taichung is located on the W coast of central Taiwan about 110nm S of Keelung and 120 nm from Kaohsiung Port. General overview: The port is protected by two breakwaters. The harbour entrance is 350m wide, there are 49 berths available for container, general cargo, bulk cargo, liquid, cement, grain, coal and passengers. The port covers an area of 3,793 ha (9,370 acres) and includes industrial, fishing, and business ports. It is 12.5 km long and 2.5 to 4.5 km wide. It can accommodate vessels of up to 60,000 tons, and in June 2000 earned an ISO-9001 rating. The port has 21 cranes, 95 stackers, 3 barges and 8 tugs. Te Port of Taichung's entrance channel is 350 meters (1148 feet) wide with a depth of 16 meters (52.5 feet). The North Breakwater in the Port of Taichung is 2818 meters (9245 feet), and the South Breakwater is 1397 meters (4583 feet). The Inner Channel in the Port of Taichung is 400 meters wide (1312 feet) with a depth of 16 meters (52.5 feet). The North Turning Basin in the Port of Taichung has a diameter of one thousand meters (3281 feet), and the South Basin has a diameter of 1100 meters (3609 feet). Both basins have a depth of 16 meters (52.5 feet). The Industrial Basin in the Port of Taichung is 500 meters (1640 feet) with depths from 16 to 18 meters (52.5 to 59.1 feet). The Port of Taichung's Harbor-craft Basin covers 10.3 hectares of water area with depths from 3.5 to 4.5 meters (11.5 to 14.8 feet). The Central Pier in the Harbor-craft Basin has alongside depth of seven meters (23 feet). The Fishing Port in the Port of Taichung covers 32 hectares of land and 27 hectares of water. Depths in the Fishing Port range from 3.5 to 4.5 meters (11.5 to 14.8 feet). Taichung Port currently has 58 terminals with automated unloading and storage equipments. It includes the following: -Coastal Recreation Specialized Zone, Fishery Specialized Zone, and the Taichung Marine Ecological Aquarium (Currently Under Construction) -Food processing professional zone: Provide food raw material processing industry to settle in. -Port Service Professional Zone (I): Port services, quarantine and other related and auxiliary facilities. -Port Service Professional Zone (II): Port business office related purposes, Taichung Port Passenger Service Center. -Warehousing and Transshipment Specialized Zone: Set up the China-Hong Kong Export Processing Zone of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. -Power Professional District (I): Set up Taichung Power Plant and related auxiliary facilities. -Electric Power Specialized Area (II): Provide low-polluting power plants or wind power generators. -Specialized petrochemical industry zone (I~IV): Located in Waidi District, providing related petrochemical industries to settle in. -Industrial professional zone: Provides energy, power, steel, petrochemical and other port operating institutions to station. It invests in the construction of factory buildings, warehouses, storage yards, logistics centers and related facilities. -Free Trade Port Area: The Port's volume of goods in the Free Trade Zone in 2019 was 12,637,515 metric tons, ranking first in Taiwan. Imports: Grain, logs, coal, molasses, oil, cement, chemical products, iron and steel. Exports: Food and canned food, rice textiles, wood products, paper, glass, fertiliser, iron and steel. Traffic figures: Approx 89,300,000t of cargo including 1,240,000TEU handled by 5,950 vessels annually Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Draught 13.5m. The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 384 m, draught: 15 m, deadweight: 209,988 t.