The Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) joined the 111th annual conference of the Association of Pacific Ports (APP 2025) held this year in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada from August 10th - 11th . The TIPC delegation led by TIPC President Chin-jung Wang used the opportunity to further expand and deepen relations with key ports across the region. TIPC highlights from the conference include the formalization of sister-port relations between the ports of Kaohsiung and Nanaimo, TIPC’s presentation on devel-opments in Taiwan’s cruise services sector, and the formal announcement of TIPC sub-sidiary Port of Taichung as host of APP 2032 (following on Port of Kaohsiung’s hosting of APP 2024).
APP 2025 host Port of Nanaimo, located on Vancouver Island across the Strait of Georgia from the Port of Vancouver, regularly provides container handling, automobile logistics, and cruise / ferry support services and welcomes some 6.95 million passengers through its gates each year. To further advance the already close relationship between Taiwanese and Canadian ports, the Nanaimo Port Authority formally invited Port of Kaohsiung to es-tablish sister port ties, making the Nanaimo TIPC’s third sister port in Canada, after Port of Vancouver and Fraser River Port.
During the sister-port ceremony, Port of Kaohsiung Harbor Master Tsu Chiang Chen and Nanaimo Port Authority Board Chair Donna Hais signed the official sister-port documen-tation on behalf of their respective organizations, with TIPC President Chin-jung Wang and Nanaimo Port Authority President and CEO Ian Marr serving as witnesses. Honored guests in attendance included TECO Vancouver Director General Angel Liu, Canadian Deputy Minister of Transport Arun Thangaraj, Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog, and BC Par-liamentary Secretary for Transit George Anderson together with some 150 other na-tional and local government officials and APP members. All celebrated the strengthening of the foundations for cooperation between Taiwan and Canada on port operations and basic infrastructure and the opening of a new chapter in the relationship between the two ports.
During APP 2025, in addition to discussing the details of its record-breaking 2024 reve-nues, TIPC shared information with its peers on a number of topics. These included Ev-ergreen Marine commencing operations at Port of Kaohsiung’s newly completed 7th Con-tainer Terminal; TIPC’s 2025 marketing and green-port incentive campaigns; updates on the continued upgrading and optimization of facilities at Port of Kaohsiung’s 3rd and 5th Container Terminals; and the transformative changes being made at Taiwan’s commer-cial ports in terms of both digitalization and sustainability.
Also, during panel discussions, TIPC shared its experience and accomplishments in promoting growth in the international cruise services sector. With efforts focused on the ports of Keelung and Kaohsiung, TIPC has achieved record-breaking foreign passenger numbers in recent years and is looking to set another all-time record of over 360,000 pas-sengers handled this year (2025). To help maintain this positive momentum, TIPC contin-ues to upgrade passenger wharf and terminal facilities as well as to actively recruit cruise ship companies and strengthen ties with nearby ports in the region, further raising Tai-wan’s profile within East Asia’s cruise market.
During the conference, APP member representatives all expressed high praise for TIPC’s successful hosting of last year’s conference (APP 2024) in Kaohsiung. Recognizing the contributions and professionalism TIPC brings to APP, the association invited TIPC to host the APP conference again in the future. In response, TIPC President Wang an-nounced his company would be honored to host APP 2032 at Port of Taichung. This will mark the fifth APP conference to be held in Taiwan and 28 years since it was last held in Taichung. Hosting APP conferences not only reaffirms TIPC’s commitment to deepening its international ties but also reflects Taiwan’s significant soft power in the global port and shipping sector.
Provided by：Port Business Dept., TIPC
Contact Person：Mark Lin, Manager
Telephone No.：+886-7-2136932
E-mail Address：marklin@twport.com.tw
Image 1 & 2. TIPC President Chin Jung Wang delivers remarks at the APP Annual Meeting.
Image 3 & 4. TIPC Senior Supervisor Jo Lin shares the current status and promotion strategies of Taiwan’s cruise industry.
Image 5. Port of Nanaimo and Port of Kaohsiung officially become sister ports (From left to right: Nanaimo Port Authority President and CEO Ian Marr, Nanaimo Port Authority Board Chair Donna Hais, Port of Kaohsiung Harbor Master Tsu Chiang Chen, and TIPC President Chin Jung Wang).
Image 6. Group photo (In the front row left to right: Nanaimo Port Authority Board Chair Donna Hais, TIPC President Chin Jung Wang. The back row from left to right: Nanaimo Port Authority/Director of Nanaimo Board Fred Denning, Member of Parliament of Nanaimo Tamara Kronis, BC Parliamentary Secretary for Transit George Anderson, Nanaimo Port Authority President and CEO Ian Marr, Proud member of Snuneymuxw First Nation Sandra Good, TIPC Senior Researcher Tiger Huang, Port of Kaohsiung Harbor Master Tsu Chiang Chen, TECO Vancouver Director General Angel Liu, Nanaimo Port Authority/Director of Nanaimo Board Phil Dwyer, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction BC Sheila Malcolmson , Canadian Deputy Minister of Transport Arun Thangaraj).
