Whoever desires to operate a container terminal shall apply by submitting relevant documents to the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for examining and submitting to MOTC for approving the establishment of a company.
The container terminal operator shall provide by regulation adequate yards for storing containers, cargoes, vehicles and machinery, and for loading and unloading cargo, and shall complete the registration of company within 6 months after the company is approved. The operator shall then submit relevant documents in application to the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for examining and submitting to MOTC to issue a permit and to register at the Customs House for commencement of its commercial activities.

The passages for entrance into and exit out of the container terminal shall be properly accessible to rail and road systems, without any hindrance to traffic order and safety.

The shipping administration authority the shipping administration authority shall file and further inspectionthe rates list of a container terminal operator. The same requirement shall also apply to revisions thereof when made.

The provisions set forth in Articles 7(3), 8, 9, 23 through 26 shall also apply to the container terminal operators and foreign container terminal operators.
The provision set forth in Article 28 pertaining to the legal establishment of branches as a condition for operation in ROC and Article 29, as well as Article 31 shall apply to foreign container terminal operators.

MOTC shall undertake to prescribe and give effect to regulations for the minimum capital of the container terminal operators, operational funds for branch establishment, applications for organization, issuance and replacements of permits, registrations of alterations of company information, operations, administrations and permit fees for container terminal operators and foreign container terminal operators.