The Sotoku-fu constructed Keeling and Kaohsiung Ports for improving Taiwanese maritime industry as well as for making them the transit bases for Japan's operation to the south, thus developing modern port facilities that were accessible by large vessels.
台湾の海運業の改善と、日本の南方進出のための中継港湾基地として総督府は基隆港、高雄港の築港を行い、大型船の利用が可能な近代的港湾施設が整備された。