Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) will be deploying another 2,800 TEU class full container vessel on its intra-Asia service starting 1 April. 

The vessel — which it recently named YM Constancy — will follow the port rotation of JTS: Nagoya – Tokyo - Chiba - Yokohama - Keelung - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Shekou - Port Kelang - Singapore - Manila South Port - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Shekou - Xiamen – Nagoya.

"With the addition of the new vessel, its energy-saving technologies coupled with a current steady market demand will help optimize Yang Ming’s intra-Asia service network," the Taiwan-based ocean shipping company said.

YM Constancy is the eighth in a series of ten 2,800 TEU full container vessels built at CSBC shipyard. It has a nominal capacity of 2,940 TEU and is equipped with 353 plugs for reefer containers. With a length of 209.75 meters, a width of 32.8 meters and a draft of 11.2 meters, YM Constancy is designed to cruise at a speed up to 21 knots.

Yang Ming said the new building adopts the Sea Sword Bow design to significantly save energy and optimize hydrodynamic performances. The application of its electronic controlled fuel injection engine with low-load tuning Exhaust Gas Bypass (EGB) fuel control system will greatly enhance the new ship’s energy efficiency.

Furthermore, it added that the installation of scrubbers will help Yang Ming to fulfil its promise to reduce emissions of NOx and SOx, ensure environmental sustainability and obtain operational efficiency.

"In addition to the environmental advantages, YM Constancy is also certified with Bureau Veritas’ SMARTSHIP (MACHINERY 1) notation, which indicates that the ship is equipped with an integrated computer-based system for the controlling and monitoring of the automated installations of periodically unattended machinery spaces," the shipping company noted.

Its monitoring devices also allow the reduced scope of the tail shaft survey. In order to strengthen its overall competitiveness and improve operational cost, Yang Ming has accelerated its vessel optimization plan, it added.

Since 2020, Yang Ming has taken delivery a total of seven 2,800 TEU self-owned vessels and four 11,000 TEU chartered-in vessels.

The remaining two 2,800 TEU self-owned vessels and ten 11,000 TEU chartered-in new buildings have yet to be delivered.

Yang Ming said these newly built ships can empower Yang Ming’s fleet management and pave the path to achieve a digital and intelligent future.

The shipping company held the naming ceremony YM Constancy at CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipyard on 19 March 19 — officiated jointly by Yang Ming Chairman Cheng Cheng-Mount and CSBC Corporation Chairman Cheng Wen-Lon.