Yang Ming’s Chairman, Bronson Ysieh, has flagged concerns about the potential for the tariff battle between the U.S. and China to have a negative impact on shipping volumes. Mr Ysieh doesn’t see it as a long-term problem though due to the effect on consumer price inflation and resulting political pressure. Yet, Yang Ming has committed to returning 18 chartered vessels while 50% of its U.S.-inbound volumes came from China vs. 41% for the sector overall in the past 12 months. One strategy for further rationalization by Yang Ming could be to follow Evergreen and MSC in trimming routes, p...