Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is an ocean shipping company based in Keelung, Taiwan (aka Republic of China). This shipping line was founded in 1972, but has historical links in merger with the (Taiwan government part of) China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, which dates back to the Qing Dynasty (1872-1995). Yang Ming currently operates 84 container ships up to 8,250 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and 17 bulk carriers). Yang Ming transports more than 317 thousand TEU of containers a year. The Yang Ming Group includes a logistics unit (Yes Logistics Corp. and Jing Ming Transport Co.), container terminals in Taiwan, Belgium, Netherlands and the USA, as well as stevedoring services (Port of Kauhsiung, Taiwan). Yang Ming''s service scope covers over 70 nations with more than 170 service points. Yang Ming has been awarded with ISO-9001, ISO-14001, ISM CODE, ISPS CODE and with OHSAS 18001 accreditations.