A Taiwanese coast guard vessel, reportedly performing fishery patrols in the Pacific, docked in Hawaii on June 11.
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00:00In a rare port call, a Taiwanese Coast Guard ship has anchored in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
00:06The ship, named after the northern county of Hsinchu, is reportedly performing fishery patrol
00:11missions in the Pacific Ocean. According to the vessel tracking service Marine Traffic,
00:16the ship was seen leaving the port of Taipei on May 29. On June 11, the ship's marine tracking
00:22system showed it in Honolulu Port in Hawaii. The U.S. and Taiwan do not have official military
00:28or security ties, but Washington is Taiwan's largest provider of defense equipment.