After another year, Chang and fellow associates saw that the age of 'containerization' was rapidly approaching, and invested $ 1,000,000 U.S. into researching the development of container vessels for the company.
民國六十一年，長榮又開闢了遠東∼中南美航線。再隔一年，長榮預測貨櫃時代即將來臨，著手進行貨櫃化的有關工作。