Comment / Supply chain radar: Taiwan's Yang Ming is a ticking bomb

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I gave Yang Ming nine months of life in April 2017 ? but little did I know back then that the most prominent Taiwanese carrier could continue to tap the debt markets indefinitely, while receiving the backing of major state funding any time it wanted to.

With three major carriers operating nationally – Evergreen Marine and Wan Hai Lines are Yang Ming’s competitors – I thought the government could have easily decided to let it go after the Hanjin Shipping debacle, but ...