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Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. elected Professor Feng-Ming Tsai as its new chairman effective immediately
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Tsai holds a Ph.D. in Transportation from the New Jersey Institute of Technology
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His appointment was unanimously approved by the company’s board of directors
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. elected Professor Feng-Ming Tsai as its new chairman effective immediately.
His appointment at the Taiwan-based carrier was unanimously approved by the company’s board of directors.
Tsai holds a Ph.D. in Transportation from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
According to the company’s news release, Tsai “has devoted himself to research in transportation management, logistics management, and intelligent transportation systems, making significant contributions to maritime education in Taiwan.”
In the academe, Tsai was an assistant professor in the Department of Logistics Management at the National Kaohsiung University; associate professor and later professor in the Bachelor degree program in Ocean Tour Management and the Department of Shipping and Transportation Management at the National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU).
In NTOU, he served as director of the Internationalized Information and planning division of the Office of International Affairs. He has been the chairman of NTOU’s Department of Shipping and Transportation Management since 2022.
In the government, Tsai has served as the representative of APEC Maritime Experts Group on behalf of Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications, while in the private sector he served as consultant for education and training of the Academy of Maritime Development at Taiwan International Ports Corp, Ltd.
Among others, his research contributions helped develop a container demand forecasting model for container shipping companies. Tsai has also constructed a vessel position information platform, formulated cross-strait direct shipping policies, and innovated cloud service applications.
Yang Ming said Tsai’s long-term research in transportation and logistics will be instrumental in guiding the company through the challenges of stricter competition laws, the impacts of climate change, and the trials posed by digital and artificial intelligence transformation in the shipping industry.
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