Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has named YM Wayfinder, the third vessel in its series of 15,500 TEU LNG dual-fuel containerships being built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The naming ceremony took place on June 26 at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel was officially named by Mrs. Wei-Nung Kao, wife of Yang Ming Chairman Feng-Ming Tsai.
The 15,600 TEU vessel measures 364.97 metres in length and 51 metres in beam. It is equipped with a high-pressure dual-fuel main engine capable of operating on LNG and low-sulfur fuel oil, with LNG expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 20% compared with conventional marine fuel.
Yang Ming noted that its two sister ships, YM Willpower and YM Worthiness, are already operating primarily on LNG and have collectively bunkered more than 11,158 metric tonnes of LNG, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 12,532 metric tonnes.
YM Wayfinder is scheduled to enter service on 1 July on the carrier’s Asia–North Europe FE3 service, which connects Qingdao, Ningbo, Yantian, Singapore, Felixstowe, Antwerp and Hamburg.
According to Yang Ming, the addition of the new LNG dual-fuel vessel will improve operational efficiency, strengthen network competitiveness and support the company’s strategy to provide lower-carbon container transportation services.
