News / Taiwan’s major liner operators increase slots ahead of Chinese New Year

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The Taiwanese government is following its South Korean counterpart by calling on domestic ocean liners to ensure sufficient container shipping slots for local exporters.

The island’s three largest liner operators, Evergreen, Yang Ming and Wan Hai, will make more capacity available this month to meet heightened demand as exporters rush to ship goods before the lunar new year holiday starts on 1 February.

The Maritime Port Bureau said that among the additional slots supplied this month, Yang Ming would offer 2,280 teu ...