According to Taiwanese media reports, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation achieved a record performance last year, earning a profit of 64.179 billion New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 14.1 billion Chinese Yuan), marking the third-highest historical performance. The net profit after tax reached 64.179 billion New Taiwan Dollars, equivalent to earning 175 million New Taiwan Dollars per day (around 38.45 million Chinese Yuan).

Following the exceptional performance, Yang Ming employees last year were eligible to receive a maximum year-end bonus of up to 12 months. They have already been paid 5.5 months of bonuses, with the remaining 6.5 months to be distributed subsequently. Additionally, employees can also receive a mid-year bonus, with employee compensation totaling a pre-tax surplus of 79.82 billion New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 17.5 billion Chinese Yuan). Employee compensation accounts for 1% of the pre-tax surplus, which means each person can receive 487,600 New Taiwan Dollars (around 110,000 Chinese Yuan).

In the previous year, Yang Ming's consolidated revenue reached 222.706 billion New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 48.9 billion Chinese Yuan), with a net profit after tax of 64.179 billion New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 14.1 billion Chinese Yuan). Benefiting from factors such as the crisis in the Red Sea leading to vessel detours and congestion in major ports, excess vessel capacity was utilized, reversing the previous trend of oversupply in the market. Moreover, the ongoing prosperity in the shipping market during the first three quarters was driven by emerging economies in Asia, resulting in increased cargo volume and freight rates.

However, entering the fourth quarter, the continuous addition of new shipping capacity to the overall market, coupled with tariff trade conflicts and worsening inflation, impacted economic growth and consumer demand, leading to a decline in freight rates. This resulted in Yang Ming's fourth-quarter revenue amounting to 53.477 billion New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 11.7 billion Chinese Yuan), a decrease of 26.58% from the previous quarter, with profits of 12.545 billion New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 2.75 billion Chinese Yuan), representing a 55.77% decline.

Looking ahead to this year, Yang Ming stated that there remain numerous uncertainties and risks in the global economic and trade environment, including the potential escalation of tariff wars, threats of rising costs affecting consumer purchasing power, increased inflationary pressures, impacting economic growth and trade activities, thereby posing a threat to shipping demand.

In response to geopolitical changes and global supply chain restructuring, Yang Ming aims to strengthen its competitiveness through a dual approach. This involves enhancing alliance cooperation to expand collaboration opportunities beyond alliance routes, accelerating regional route deployment, and developing emerging markets. Additionally, the optimization of fleets, vessel upgrades, and plans to introduce up to 6 traditional fuel dual-fuel pre-installed full-container vessels with a capacity of 8,000 TEUs and 7 LNG dual-fuel full-container vessels with a capacity of 15,000 TEUs aim to mitigate fleet energy risks and maintain fuel flexibility for vessels.