Environmental Management Policy 

Yang Ming upholds the core philosophy of achieving environmental sustainability through energy saving and emission reduction. In 1996, it became the first domestic shipping company to obtain ISM certification, and in 2004 obtained ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification covering Qidu headquarters, Taiwan Business Department, Keelung Branch (including Keelung Yang Ming Container Yard), Taichung Branch, Kaohsiung Branch, and owned vessels, with 100% coverage of business locations. The highest management level, the Chairman, is responsible for approving environmental management policies and appointing management representatives to supervise management system implementation, system improvement, and action plan execution. ISO/ISM management review meetings are regularly held annually to report implementation performance to the Chairman and executives. Internal audits are conducted by the Audit Department and third-party verification is performed by external verification institutions. The Company continuously promotes green transportation, digital low carbon transformation, and sustainable supply chain management, controls environmental risks, and is committed to protecting marine ecology, reducing carbon emissions and air pollution, co-creating a sustainable future with the Earth's environment.

To fulfill the concrete commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the Company conducts annual greenhouse gas inventory and undergoes third-party verification to understand its total operational carbon emissions and formulate carbon reduction pathways and strategies. The Company's fleet is gradually replacing old vessels with new ones, continuously deploying energy-efficient or alternative energy fleets, and through intelligent ship center monitoring and utilizing big data and cloud intelligent technologies, enhances vessel energy efficiency management and vessel carbon intensity monitoring, while conducting energy-saving optimization retrofits for existing vessels. The Company has signed contracts for 5 vessels of 15,500 TEU LNG dual-fuel container ships, expected to be delivered and put into operation successively from 2026, and continues to plan the deployment of new energy-efficient vessels, while simultaneously positioning in the fuel market for emission-reducing fuel acquisition, such as green methanol and bio-methane. Additionally, a dedicated unit has been established to actively monitor various types of vessel energy-saving devices and future marine fuel development trends, joining as a founding member of The Silk Alliance, Getting to Zero Coalition, and The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) to work together with maritime industry chain operators on fuel transformation. Starting in 2024, the Company will use sustainable biofuels in our operating fleet, and we will continue to deploy more dual-fuel capable and energy efficient vessels to further reduce the impact to the environment. Furthermore, Yang Ming’s offices have activated ecological green roofs and promoted renewable electricity procurement, implemented energy-saving and carbon reduction measures to improve energy use efficiency, and implemented local procurement, green procurement, and source reduction measures to reduce energy use and minimize resource waste, further reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with the goal of becoming a sustainable leader in the global shipping industry.

Use of Shore Power to Reduce the Impact of Ships on the Environment

Yang Ming's US invested company WBCT establishes and manages 16 Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) systems. Additionally, the Company's invested Kao Ming Container Terminal Corp. is an environmentally friendly green energy container terminal equipped with 6 AMP systems for container ships to use when docked at port. In addition, Kao Ming actively cooperates with the Ministry of Environment in shore power promotion to facilitate the development of environmental protection in Taiwan.

During vessel port operations, necessary uses such as lighting and air conditioning still require power from the vessel's own generators. To reduce air pollution caused by generator fuel usage, 58.16% of the Company's vessels are equipped with shore power equipment, and actively cooperate with terminals to connect shore power at ports including Los Angeles, Oakland, Busan, Yantian, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Kaohsiung, reducing carbon emissions and air pollution from generator usage. In 2024, vessel shore power usage totaled 13,719,127 kWh, saving over 3,200 tons of marine fuel, equivalent to reducing approximately 4,800＊ metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, while also reducing emissions of sulfur compounds, nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants.
*Using shore power can reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by vessels through fuel-powered generation. The emission reduction benefit estimation method is "emissions generated by vessel fuel-powered generation" minus "emissions generated by using shore power."

Yang Ming’s Operating Vessels Installed with AMP Systems

 

23
Fixed-type

34
AMP container modules