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Transportation Methods 95% of feedstocks required by the Kaohsiung Plant are transported via underground pipelines, and 5% by tankers.
Implementation Plan and Effectiveness
  • No transportation-related accident was reported in the last decade.
  • The maintenance, test, and integrity management of underground pipelines have passed third-party verification. The underground pipeline operations and maintenance plans are reviewed and approved by the Kaohsiung City Economic Development Bureau to confirm that pipeline operations will not be affected by corrosion, third-party damage, or human errors in order to protect the public safety of citizens living nearby underground industrial pipelines and the operation safety of workers. Each year it is implemented and operated according to the underground pipelines operations and maintenance plan.
  • Double protection including corrosion zone and impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) is implemented for all underground pipelines. Apart from the periodic CP test and pipeline pressure holding test, irregular pipeline pressure holding tests are performed to ensure pipeline safety. In 2021 we completed 36 times of cathodic corrosion rectifier check; 176 times of cathodic corrosion test; inspection of 2 insulation flanges; and thickness test (overground sections) on 2 pipelines.
  • Kaohsiung Plant and other plants in the same regional joint defense organization built the cloud platform of the underground pipelines information management system and commissioned a professional security company to patrol the platform every day. Implement in-process inspection through systematic, digital, and automatic computer management to enhance the management efficiency of pipeline maintenance.
  • In 2021 we participated in the “Test of the Emergency Response Capability and Performance of Industrial Pipeline Joint Defense” organized by the Kaohsiung Economic Development Bureau and was ranked 2nd and 14th respectively in two simulated tests.
  • All tankers are qualified tankers for transporting chemical substances; each contractor has good emergency response ability, and well-established emergency response plans. Transportation is implemented according to the relevant control regulations and management measures.
Transportation Methods All USI products are transported with trialers, trucks, tankers, and container trucks through contractors.
Implementation Plan and Effectiveness
  • Legally registered transporters.
  • Passed ISO 9001 certification and equipped with trained, qualified health and safety management personnel.
  • Semi-annual evaluation of performance, efficiency, cooperation and quality and proposals for improvement programs based on customer feedback at the transportation review meeting.
  • Regular vehicle examinations according to the relevant regulations. Holding safety meetings quarterly to ensure that contractors can safely transport products to the destination to minimize environmental impacts caused by transportation.
  • During 2020-2021, we constantly implemented transportation safety and quality evaluation. Besides reviewing the results of agreed improvements from last year, we verified the degree of legal compliance of onsite operations and equipment condition in order to capture and manage the transportation safety of contractors. The result of the 2021 transportation safety and quality evaluation of contractors was grade A.