Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine Transport has made it back into the black for 2017 as it focused on costs.

The liner company said net earnings to 31 December were TWD 320m ($10.78m), against a TWD 14.91bn loss in 2016.

Revenue climbed to TWD 131.08bn from TWD 115.4bn, while operating expenses remained stable at TWD 124bn.

Cargo volumes improved 9% year-on-year to 4.72m