Yang Ming Marine Transport held a naming ceremony on June 26 at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea, for YM Wayfinder, the third in its series of 15,500 TEU LNG dual-fuel containerships, reports Shanghai's iMarine.

Mrs. Wei-Nung Kao, spouse of Yang Ming chairman Mr. Feng-Ming Tsai, served as Godmother and performed the ceremonial cord-cutting. The company stated that the addition of LNG dual-fuel vessels will boost efficiency, strengthen competitiveness, and reduce carbon intensity.

The series of ships built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has an overall length of 364.97 metres, a breadth of 51 metres, and a capacity of about 15,600 TEU. Yang Ming is the first container line in Taiwan to operate LNG-fuelled vessels as part of its net-zero strategy.

The ships are equipped with high-pressure dual-fuel engines that run on LNG and low-sulphur fuel oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by about 20 percent compared to conventional fuel. Sister vessels YM Willpower and YM Worthiness are already in service and have bunkered more than 11,158 metric tonnes of LNG, cutting emissions by up to 12,532 metric tonnes.

YM Wayfinder is scheduled to enter the Asia-North Europe FE3 service on July 1. Yang Ming stated that the deployment will maximize slot utilization, enhance service competitiveness, and support its commitment to efficient, low-carbon transport for customers.