The Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming has ordered the construction of three dual-fuel container ships that can be powered by methanol and with a capacity of 8,000 TEUs Japanese shipyards Nihon Shipyard Co. and Imabari Shipbuilding Co. and signed contracts for the acquisition of three additional new container carriers of the same type that will be transferred by the Japanese Shoei Kisen Kaisha. The six ships will be taken in delivery from 2028 and will gradually replace units 5,500 TEU naval boats that Yang Ming has had in service for over twenty years.