Recently, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. took delivery of its very first LNG dual-fuel vessel. The 15,600 TEU YM WILLPOWER, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan, is the first of five “maxi Neo-Panamax” (M-NPX) sisters with LNG dual-fuel propulsion that the Korean builder is scheduled to deliver to Yang Ming this year and in early 2027, as per a report by Alphaliner.
Until now, all of Yang Ming’s ships were conventionally powered, and the carrier’s 96-vessel fleet did not include a single LNG- or methanol-capable unit. The new YM WILLPOWER will be followed by four sisters bearing the suffixes WORTHINESS, WAYFINDER, WEIGHT, and WAVERIDER.
Yang Ming ordered the quintet in 2023.
Meanwhile, New Times Shipyard delivered the 11,400 TEU MSC BOSTON, the penultimate unit in a series of ten LNG dual-fuel sisters that the Chinese builder will hand over to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company in 2025 and early 2026. The tenth and final unit is scheduled to enter service in April as MSC SABRINA.
This latest delivery brings MSC’s active LNG fleet close to 90 vessels, representing over one-third of all LNG-powered container ships currently in service by vessel count, the report said.
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