On the Taiwanese side, Taichung received approval this July to run an offshore transshipment center, but the Taichung-Fuzhou route that people had in mind was not approved at the same time, due to security concerns in view of the short distance involved. This has been very disappointing to cargo carriers.
今年七月，繼高雄之後，基隆與台中同時獲准加入「境外航運中心」營運，但預期中的「台中－福州」航線卻因直線距離太短，未能獲准開放，更讓航商失望。