Effective November 1, 2010, Yang Ming (America) Corp., (YML), will no longer provide chassis for container transport to and from certain U.S. locations. This change is intended to increase cost effectiveness and turnaround efficiency, while importantly also reducing pollution. The announcement was made by a spokesperson from Yang Ming's North American headquarters in Jersey City, NJ.

According to Yang Ming's plan, chassis will no longer be provided to the following nine East and South East U.S. locations beginning November 1, 2010:

Baltimore, MD / Buffalo, NY / Jacksonville, FL / Miami, FL / Philadelphia, PA / Pittsburgh, PA / South Kearny, NJ / Tampa, FL and Worcester, MA.

Yang Ming believes this new, multi-phase chassis policy will improve efficiencies on many levels within the international and local supply chain. Truckers will now have greater flexibility, and terminal congestion will be reduced, greatly protecting the environment from fleets of idling trucks.