At 10: 55 pm on April 19, the Xiamen Shipping Company's Sheng Da sailed into Kaohsiung Harbor with 30 cargo containers, beating out many competitors for the honor of being the first ship to make the trip.
四月十九日晚間十點五十五分，福建省廈門輪船總公司一艘運載了三十個貨櫃的盛達輪，航進了高雄港，在眾多爭取首航榮銜的航商中，拔得頭籌。