In light of the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak worldwide, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) affirms that its global offices continue with normal operations. To ensure business continuity and navigate the pandemic, the company continues to step up COVID-19 continuity plans and implement proactive measures.

In order to well protect the safety and health of its employees, seafarers as well as customer rights, Yang Ming puts its COVID-19 continuity plan in place immediately at the beginning of the outbreak. The company takes precautions including promoting awareness of personal hygiene habits and updating the latest international situation to prevent infection. Furthermore, all offices around the world can assess local pandemic severity and government regulatory requirements to determine if to ask partial local staff to work from home. The measures are to minimize the risks of infection from large gatherings and ensure all business operations remain the same without disruption.

Yang Ming will continue to closely monitor the evolving situation of the worldwide outbreak and strengthen its continuity plan in response to the spread of the virus. Meanwhile, the most updated continuity plan of Yang Ming’s global offices will be updated on its website (www.yangming.com) for customer’s easy and quick reference.