• 1946
    The Taiwan Navigation Company is founded

  • 1949
    Reorganizes the company into the Taiwan Navigation Co., Ltd.

  • 1979
    Builds two 29,000-ton multi-purpose container ships, M/V YE LAN and M/V TAO YUAN

  • 1981
    Increases the number of shareholders to ten, increases the capitalization to NT$1,428.226 million. Builds M/V TAI CHUNG, a 37,000-ton bulk carrier

  • 1983
    Builds M/V KEELUNG, a 37,000-ton bulk carrier

  • 1989
    Icreases the capitalization to NT$1,865.826 million. Build M/V
    TAIHWA ,a 8,000-ton passenger car/cargo ferry.

  • 1992
    Increases the capitalization to NT$2,465.826 million

  • 1994
    Operates for China Petroleum Corp. DAR YUN, a 260,000-ton tanker

  • 1995
    Builds a pusher tug and two towing tugs

  • 1996
    Purchases two suction hopper dredgers-JIUN KANG No.1 and No.2

  • 1997
    Reduces the capitalization to NT$2,286.469 million

  • 1998
    Makes June 20 the benchmark date to privatization Lists the shares (on June 24)

  • 1999
    Place order to build three 51,000-ton Handymax bulk carriers and three 73,000-ton Panamax bulk carriers

  • 2000
    M/V TAI PLENTY, a 73,000-ton Panamax bulk carrier was completed and joined the worldwide service.

  • 2001
    M/V TAI PROFIT and M/V TAI PRIZE, 73,000-ton Panamax bulk carriers, and M/V TAI HARMONY and M/V TAI HEALTH, 51,000-ton Handymax bulk carriers, were completed and joined the worldwide service.

  • 2002
    M/V TAI HARVEST, 51,000-ton Handymax bulk carriers was completed and joined the worldwide service.

  • 2003
    Place order to build one 77,000-ton Panamax bulk carrier and two 55,000-ton Handymax bulk carriers.

  • 2004
    M/V TAI PROGRESS M/V PROMOTION, 77,000-ton Panamax bulk carriers
    M/V TAI HAPPINESS and M/V TAI HAWK, 52,000-ton Handymax bulk carriers were completed and joined the worldwide service.

  • 2005
    M/V TAI PROSPERITY 77,800-ton Panamax bulk carriers
    were completed and joined the worldwide service.

  • 2007
    M/V TAI HONESTY, 55,000-ton Handymax bulk carriers was completed and joined the worldwide service.

  • 2007
    M/V TAI HUNTER, 55,000-ton Handymax bulk carriers was completed and joined the worldwide service.