Recently, commercial port operators have again raised the issue of port labor shortages. According to media reports, the Ministry of Transport plans to respond through automation and strives to help operators obtain foreign labor. Scholars have analyzed that related industries have the potential risk of aging manpower. If they promote the use of foreign labor to fill the shortage of workers, they also need to consider the residency model and talent cultivation. Industry operators say that the content of grassroots work in the port is simple, but it requires exposure. After opening up to overseas Chinese, their willingness to invest is still low, so they still hope to open up migrant workers.
Recently, Hong Yingzheng, honorary chairman of the Taiwan Commercial and Port Development Association, once again pointed out that Taiwan’s ports are facing a shortage of workers, and if it continues to be unresolved, it may lead to paralysis. According to media reports, Transportation Minister Chen Shikai said that efforts will be made to help operators strive to open up foreign labor, but it needs to cooperate with the government’s overall policy and will also reduce manpower needs through terminal automation.
港口再喊缺工 交通部擬協助爭取
近期商港業者再提港口缺工問題，據媒體報導交通部規劃透過自動化因應，並努力幫業者爭取外籍勞動力；學者分析，相關產業存在人力老化的潛在風險，若推動以外籍勞動力來填補缺工，也需要考量居留模式、人才培育；業者表示港口基層工作內容單純，但需要風吹日曬，開放僑外生後投入意願仍低，因此仍希望開放移工。
近期台灣商港事業發展協會榮譽理事長洪英正再次指出，全台港口面臨缺工，若持續未能解決可能導致癱瘓；據媒體報導，交通部長陳世凱表示努力幫業者爭取開放外籍勞動力，但需要配合政府整體政策，也會透過碼頭自動化減少人力需求。
