News / Yang Ming takes early delivery of new box ship for transpacific service

Yang Ming has taken charge of the fourth in the series of ten 12,690 teu neo-panamax vessels three months ahead of schedule. 

The Taiwanese carrier said the YM Target (pictured above) will be deployed immediately on THE Alliance’s transpacific PN3 loop, which links Asia with the North American west coast ports of Vancouver and Seattle, due to “increased demand prior to Chinese New Year”. 

The vessel, which Yang Ming classifies as having an intake of 11,000 teu, has a length of 332 metres, a beam of 48 metres, is ...