This follows in the footsteps of another breakthrough last year, when the Ministry of Transportation and Communications decided to open an "offshore shipping center," which would allow foreign-registered ships to directly transport cargo between Taiwan and the mainland. Although it has only been designed on paper, it has opened the eyes of many people in the industry who anxiously await further developments.
這是繼去年交通部開放「境外航運中心」、准許外籍輪船直航兩岸以來的另一突破，雖還在紙上規劃階段，已引得許多業者瞪大了眼睛靜待下文。