To deepen Taiwan–Japan cooperation in the ocean economy and green energy, and to promote cross-border exchange in the cruise and offshore wind industries, TIPC and the Japan Overseas Ports Cooperation Association (JOPCA) jointly hosted the "2025 Taiwan–Japan Ports Seminar" at the Port of Taichung on October 28, 2025. Japanese members enrolled enthusiastically, with about 50 representatives traveling to Taiwan; Deputy Representative Kawai of the Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association also attended in person. More than 100 industry and government representatives participated, jointly exploring the current status and future outlook of the two countries' ports in cruise development and energy transition, demonstrating Taiwan and Japan's shared resolve to advance the blue economy and green energy development hand in hand.
Since its establishment in 1993, the Japan Overseas Ports Cooperation Association (JOPCA) has long been dedicated to promoting international port exchange and experience sharing. Its members cover Japan's major port authorities, port-related foundations, construction organizations, and professional fields including shipping, trade, and maritime affairs. Since 2010 the Association has regularly held overseas seminars; this year it selected TIPC as its exchange counterpart, affirming the achievements of Taiwan's port cluster in offshore wind–related construction and cruise home-port development, and hoping to deepen bilateral cooperation through this seminar.
This seminar focused on development trends in the offshore wind and cruise industries, and explored new opportunities arising from Taiwan's renewable energy policy and the cruise economy. In offshore wind, the Ports of Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Anping have in recent years actively built wind-power industry bases and are gradually becoming important Asia–Pacific supply-chain hubs, driving local industrial upgrading and creating employment. In the cruise industry, as the tourism market recovers after the pandemic, Taiwan's port cluster welcomed more than 400 cruise ship calls and nearly 900,000 passengers last year; this year calls are projected to exceed 570 and passengers 1.13 million, demonstrating strong growth momentum.
Featured presentations at the seminar were delivered by two speakers from TIPC and four from the Japanese side, sharing perspectives on Taiwan–Japan offshore wind, port development, and the cruise market, and exchanging views on key topics including ports' green-energy transition, wind-power industry-chain layout, cruise itinerary planning, and city marketing strategies. The seminar showed that Taiwanese and Japanese ports have strong potential for cooperation in industrial structure, port scale, and service experience. Going forward, information exchange can continue to be deepened to advance ports' green-energy transition and cruise industry-chain cooperation and to promote sustainable port development.
In recent years TIPC has actively advanced its sustainability development strategy, strengthening the competitiveness of Taiwan's port cluster in the regional ocean economy and global energy transition by improving wind-power port facilities and elevating passenger transport service quality. This seminar established a Taiwan–Japan port exchange platform. Going forward, TIPC will continue to expand international cooperation and, in line with government policy and private investment momentum, gradually build a model of blue-economy and green-energy development that balances sustainability and innovation.
