VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

ROLL-OUT OF EXPANSIVE YANG MING PROGRAMME

6 years ago

Taiwan-based liner operator Yang Ming Transport Company has realised the opening stage in an extensive fleet modernisation programme through the commissioning of two Chinese-built containerships of 12,690TEU nominal capacity, writes David Tinsley.

YM Triumph and YM Truth (pictured during construction) are the largest boxships to have been built at Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu. (Image: Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group)

Taiwan-based liner operator Yang Ming Transport Company has realised the opening stage in an extensive fleet modernisation programme through the commissioning of two Chinese-built containerships of 12,690TEU nominal capacity, writes David Tinsley.