Yang Ming’s chairman Tsai Feng-ming says the Taiwanese carrier is feeling the heat from compatriot peer Wan Hai Lines’ aggressive newbuilding spree.
Yang Ming’s only newbuildings are five 15,500 teu ships commissioned in May 2023, while, Wan Hai, widely tipped to join ...
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