Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd, which currently operates two large container terminals in the Port of Kaohsiung, has extended its lease on the newer facility at Container Terminal No 5 for a further 11 years and one month.
　　The lease extension contract, which covers the period from December 1, 2007 to December 31, 2018, was signed by EMC’s President Jack Yen and by Ming-Hui Shieh, Director-General of the Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau.
　　This container terminal occupies over 400,000m2 of land and provides three berths (Piers 79, 80 and 81) with a total quay length of 815 meters. These berths are served by nine post-Panamax gantry cranes, 30 rail mounted gantry cranes and six empty container stackers.It is capable of accommodating up to 25,000TEU of loaded containers and 3,700TEU of empty containers.