To keep up with the rapid growth of foreign trade and relieve the serious congestion at Keelung and Kaohsiung harbors, the government decided to build this new international port at Wuchi, near Taichung. The main purpose of the Taichung port is for commercial use.
台中港的興建，主要是因為我國近幾年來對外貿易發展太快，造成基隆和高雄兩港的擁塞，情形相當嚴重，所以政府決定在台中梧棲開闢新國際港。