YM WINDOW

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YM WINDOW broke free in Typhoon Meranti and destroyed two gantry cranes

Serious damage in Taiwan where 14,000teu ship YM WIND broke free in Typhoon Meranti and destroyed two gantry cranes. Report with picture on https://www.porttechnology.org/news/typhoon_meranti_tears_away_container_ships

Taiwan launches its highest-capacity container ships

Taiwan joined the global high-capacity container ship club May 5 following the launch of two domestically developed and constructed vessels by state-backed shipbuilder CSBC Corporation, Taiwan, in the southern Taiwan port city of Kaohsiung. The YM Window and YM Width are 368 meters long, 51 meters wide and can carry 14,198, 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers. A 40-foot container—the most commonly used size—is around two TEUs. CSBC Chairman Lai Sun-quae said the vessels are a significant step up from the company’s last batch of 10 container ships produced from 2011 to 2015 that could carry around 8,000 TEUs. “Window and Width are quieter and more economical,” Lai said. “They are also easier to operate and boast a faster cruising speed of 23.3 nautical miles per hour, a number on par with rival vessels produced in South Korea.”