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water transport

Reported fleet size
98
Published by the industry · Alphaliner Top 100 (via Wikipedia) · as of 2026-04-30
Container capacity
741,908 TEU
Published capacity · Alphaliner Top 100 (via Wikipedia) · as of 2026-04-30
Gross tonnage on record
144,651
Summed over 1 ships reporting tonnage
This company reports 98 ships while this registry holds individual records for 2. That gap is coverage, not a contradiction: open reference data documents a minority of the world fleet ship by ship. The list below is what can be named and verified.
In brief
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Chinese: 陽明海運; pinyin: Yáng Míng Hǎi Yùn) is a Taiwanese container shipping company based in Keelung, Taiwan with official backing from the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Founded on December 28, 1972, its predecessor can be traced back to the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, established in Shanghai in 1873. The name "Yang Ming" evokes the meanings of "sun," "sun," and "brightness," and commemorates the renowned Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming.
It is one of only three container shipping companies in Taiwan, along with Wan Hai Lines and Evergreen Marine Corporation.
Corporate profile
Fleet on record
Composition of the 2 vessels this registry attributes to Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation. Bars are true proportions of that set, not of the company's full fleet.
By vessel type
By shipbuilder
Delivery history
Ships delivered in each of the last 10 years, counted from the recorded build year of vessels attributed to this company, with the running total of its fleet on record. 1 deliveries fall inside this window.
| Year | Deliveries | Ships delivered | Gross tonnage added | Fleet on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | — | 2 | |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 2 |
Vessel records
| Ship | IMO | Type | Flag | Built | Gross tonnage | Deadweight | Length | Builder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9704609 | Container ship | Hong Kong | 2015 | 144,651 | — | 368.0 m | HD Hyundai Heavy Industries | |
| 9864564 | Container ship | Liberia | 2021 | — | — | 209.8 m | CSBC Corporation, Taiwan |
Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.
In context
Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
With 2 vessels attributed to it here, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is the 341st largest of the 965 operators in this directory that hold at least one ship on record, against a median of 2 across that group. That is a count of individually identified hulls, not the company’s published fleet size — the two are different measurements and both are shown above where available.
Taiwan is the country of registration for 5 commercial operators in this directory, among which Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation ranks 3rd by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 48 vessels here. 2 of them carry a published container-capacity ranking. See every operator registered in Taiwan.
Founded in 1972, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is 54 years old. This directory holds 117 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.
Same country
Provenance
Company and vessel recordsWikidata item Q710318, released under CC0. Counted figures on this page are counts over those records.
Written summaryQuoted from Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation on English Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Published fleet figuresAlphaliner Top 100 (via Wikipedia), as of 2026-04-30. These are the industry’s numbers, not this directory’s.