EcoPorts

Marine Ecology

At Mailiao Port, we continue to maintain the port environment and ecology, and implement green port control measures.

Mailiao Port began implementing a plan to apply for the EcoPorts Certification of the European Sea Ports Organization in October 2016, in hopes of changing the trend of port facilities and activities causing the environment to deteriorate. After years of efforts, Mailiao Port passed the EcoPorts Certification and obtained the certificate on September 7, 2018. It is the first industrial port in Asia to receive this recognition, and obtained the certificate for the fourth time in 2024.

Mailiao Port – Marine Ecology

Mailiao Port has a rich underwater ecology. From 2023 to 2024, a total of 353 underwater species were recorded at Mailiao Port. Compared with the previous results (2016 to 2017), 249 new species were added. The stable distribution of species in each area shows that the underwater ecological environment of Mailiao is well maintained. The newly added species are mostly mollusks (such as troch shells, sea hares, sea slugs, and jellyfish) and fish and shrimps (such as butterfly fish, sweetlip fish, and Chinese spiny lobsters).

Intertidal Zone and Land Ecology Around Mailiao Industrial Park