the shipowning group taiwanese Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. Kao Ming Container Terminal Corp has yielded to the shipowning group Japanese Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) 85 million actions of the terminalista society. (KMCT), pairs to 12.5% of the total capital stock of the harbour company. In particular, group NYK, through Holding branch NYK (Europe) BV, has bought 68 million actions of KMCT for 45 million dollars and, through the Nippon branch Container Terminals Co., it has acquired ulterior 17 million actions of KMCT for 11,25 million dollars.

KMCT work a container terminal in the port of Kaohsiung that has a annual ability to traffic pairs to 2,8 million teu.

Before these transactions the Yang Ming group stopped 60% of the capital stock of KMCT. The remaining quota is subdivided between the terminalista group American Ports America (10%)( of the 18 june the 2012) and Chinese consortium constituted by COSCO Pacific (group COSCO), Lowers Merchants Holdings and China Shipping Terminal Development Co. (group Lowers Shipping) that at the end last year it has acquired 30% of the capital of KMCT( of 8 January 2013).

While the harbour terminals of terminalista group Chinese COSCO Pacific have closed the first nine months of 2013 enlivening altogether a traffic of the container pairs to 45.693.400 teu, with a progression of 10.2% regarding 41.453.800 container teu enlivened in the period January-september of the slid one anno.