Construction has already begun, and once completed in 2008 the port will have ample land for development of logistics focused on supplying the neighboring urban areas with consumer products Insufficient throughput in Keelung means that 1 to 1.5 million containers have to be shipped south to Kaohsiung every year for export. After Taipei Harbor is built it is expected to provide ample capacity for this traffic, thus saving companies lots of money.
不過基隆港所屬、位於八里的「台北港開發計畫」已經動工，預計二○○八年完工後將可提供大量土地，發展消費性物流。而目前基隆港吞吐量不足，導致每年有一百萬到一百五十萬個貨櫃必須南運高雄出口的問題，在台北港成立後，可望完全吸收這些貨櫃量，讓廠商不再捨近求遠，節省成本。