April 16, 2025 — Taiwan’s Global Commerce and Operations Development Association (GLCT) held the 3rd “ESG Logistics Sustainability Awards” award ceremony today (16 October), and Taichung Port Branch won the Gold Award of the “Site Environmental Sustainability Group” for its project “Building a Smart and Friendly Port Environment”.
Photo above: Su Fang (fourth from left), Secretary of Director Chen of Taichung Port Branch, received the award and took a group photo with the award-winning guests.
In the face of global climate change and the trend of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Taichung Port Branch actively promotes the environmental management and intelligent transformation of the port area, builds three automatic air quality monitoring stations in the port area, promotes the use of shore power facilities for ships, and introduces a smart energy management system to integrate electricity and water information and video monitoring equipment in the port area, effectively improving the operation efficiency and resource use efficiency, and taking into account the safety, environmental protection and efficiency of the port area. In the past two years, Taichung Port has continued to hold tree-planting activities to create a green landscape of the port area such as forest park trails, and has supported the government’s “Salute to the Sea” policy with actions to promote coastal cleanliness and maintenance, ecological conservation and release, and enhance environmental friendliness.
The project covers a number of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 6 (clean water), SDG 7 (clean energy), SDG 11 (sustainable city), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 14 (marine ecology conservation), etc., reflecting Taichung Port’s commitment to promoting a sustainable port area. Looking ahead, Taichung Port will continue to deepen the construction of a smart port area, develop a sustainable environment and low-carbon transportation, and move towards a more competitive and environment-friendly international port.
