Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) will be deploying another 2,800 TEU class full container vessel on its intra-Asia service starting July 1.
The vessel — which it recently named YM Continuity — 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 2,800 TEU newbulidings, Yang Ming’s intra-Asia service network will be significantly enhanced," the Taiwan-based ocean shipping company said.
YM Continuity is the ninth 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. YM Continuity is also certified with ABS' Smart INF and Smart SHM notations and CR Classification Society's "Smartship H, Et, I" notations.
Yang Ming said the recognitions denote that the vessels is equipped with smart information infrastructure of big data acquisition and cloud transmission, which allow ship structure endurance monitoring and future structural health awareness through ABS’s customized analysis program to ensure sailing safety.
The shipping company held a virtual naming ceremony for YM Continuity on June 25 — officiated jointly by Yang Ming Chairman Cheng Cheng-Mount, CSBC Corporation Chairman Cheng Wen-Lon, Chen Shu-Huei, wife of the President of National Ocean Taiwan University, Hsu Tai-Wen.
