The shipping platform

Location: Hualien is situated on the eastern coast of Taiwan, in the northeastern area of Hualien City. General overview: Hualien Harbour, protected by an E and W breakwater from the open sea is an entirely man-made port with 16 berths in the Inner Harbour and 9 berths in the Outer Harbour. Typhoons between April and November cause heavy swells into the harbour therefore vessels must be prepared to leave port or have onboard extra moorings available on approach of Typhoons. Anchorage area is small and the water depth increases rapidly close offshore, steaming off the coast is recommended in bad weather. There is a drydock for vessels up to 15,000t. Hualien Port contains 25 wharves with a total length of 4742 m. There are 16 wharves in the inner port and nine wharves in the outer port. General goods are handled at 13 of the wharves, while gravel and minerals are handled at six wharves. Four wharves handle cement, and one wharf handles coal. Three non-service wharves in Hualien Port handle public affairs ships, guard ships, and support vessels. The inner port contains 15 warehouses, two 8,000 ton capacity cement silos, and a clinker silo. The outer port has two five-thousand ton capacity cement silos. Hualien Port has 38 stacking yards overall that provide storage for minerals and gravel. The inner harbor wharves at Hualien Port are a total of 2455 m long and handle cement, general goods, gravel, minerals, and passengers. There are also multi-functional wharves and non-cargo-handling wharves in the inner harbor. Hualien Port's Wharves 8, 10, and 13 handle cement and are a total of 587 m in length with alongside depth of 9.5 m and maximum permissible draft of 9.1 m. Wharf 8 can accommodate vessels to 15,000 DWT, while Wharves 10 and 13 can accommodate vessels to 12,000 DWT. Also in Hualien Port's inner harbor, Wharf 14 handles general goods and can accommodate vessels to 12 thousand DWT. The wharf is 200 m long with alongside depth of 9.5 m and permissible maximum draft of 9.1 m. Handling general goods and gravel, Wharf 7 is 120 m long with alongside depth of 6.5 m and maximum permissible draft of 6 m. Hualien Port's Wharves 5 and 6, are a total of 310 m long with alongside depth of 8.5 m and permissible maximum draft of 8 m, and they can accommodate vessels to 10,000 DWT. Minerals are handled at Wharf 11, which is 185 m long with alongside depth of 9.5 m and maximum permissible draft of 9.1 m, and which can accommodate vessels to 12,000 DWT. Wharf 4 can accommodate vessels to 10,000 DWT carrying general goods and oil. Wharves 15 and 16 in Hualien Port's inner harbor serve passengers. They are a total of 230 m long and can accommodate vessels to six thousand DWT. Wharf 15 is 86 m long with alongside depth of 8.5 m and maximum permissible draft of 8 m, while Wharf 16 is 144 m long with alongside depth of 7.5 m and maximum permissible draft of 7 m. Hualien Port's multi-functional Wharves 1-3 are a total of 410 m long with alongside depth of 7.5 m and maximum permissible draft of 7 m. Each wharf can accommodate vessels of six thousand DWT. Wharves 9 and 12 are non-operations wharves. The nine wharves in the outer harbor of Hualien Port are a total of 2287 m long and handle cement, general goods, sand and gravel, and oil. There is also a multi-functional wharf in the outer harbor. Hualien Port's Wharf 19 handles general goods and oil. It is 310 meters long with alongside depth of 14 m, and it can accommodate vessels to 60 thousand DWT with maximum draft of 13 m. Handling cement, Hualien Port's Wharf 18 is 200 m long with alongside depth of 12 m, and it can accommodate vessels to 30,000 DWT with maximum draft of 10.5 m. Handling general goods, Wharves 24 and 25 in Hualien Port are a total of 603 m long with alongside depths from 13 to 14.5 m, and they can accommodate vessels to 60,000 DWT with maximum drafts of 13 and 14.5 m. Wharves 17 and 20-22 in Hualien Port handle sand and gravel. Wharf 17 is 200 m long with alongside depth of 12 m, and it can accommodate vessels to 30,000 DWT with maximum draft of 10.5 m. Wharves 20, 21, and 22 are a total of 702 m long with alongside depth of 14 m, and they can accommodate vessels to 60,000 DWT with maximum draft of 13 m. Hualien Port's Wharf 23, at 272 m long with alongside depth of 14 m. Principal Commodities: Exports: Gravel, dolomite, crystalline limestone, cement, clinker, bamboo, sugar, lumber, marble and paper pulp. Imports: Mangrove logs, gypsum, steaming coal and refined oil. Traffic figures: Approx 2,236 vessels and 17,400,000t of cargo handled annually. Load line zone: Summer Max size: Inner Harbour: LOA 160m, draught 9.1m, 12,000DWT Outer Harbour: Draught 15.5m, 60,000DWT (100,000DWT vessel handled). The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 240 m, draught: 13 m, deadweight: 85,066 t.