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YML Yang Ming

Taiwan · Premier Alliance · HQ: Keelung

Taiwan's second container major, a fleet built on the 11,000–14,000 TEU workhorse classes.

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Founded1972
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The fleet

What Yang Ming operates

Full coverage of this line’s fleet is in build, the profile below is here because the line matters to the story of the giants.

Good to know

Yang Ming, in a few facts

  • Traces its lineage to the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company of 1872, making the heritage older than almost any rival's.
  • Partner in the Premier Alliance with ONE and HMM on the east–west trades.
  • Deliberately sat out the 24,000 TEU race, betting on mid-size ships that fit more ports, full coverage of its fleet is in build on this site.