Evergreen orders 10 environmentally advanced container vessels

The new ships will be constructed under the Greenship design concept developed by Evergreen chairman Dr Chang Yung-Fa almost a decade ago and first introduced in 2003. The design features have been built into every Evergreen Line vessel since then.

The L-type ships will ensure Evergreen will meet the Group’s fleet reinforcement programme, as well as provide replacement requirements. With an overall length of 334.8 m (1,100 feet) and a beam of 45.8 m (150 feet), the new ships will have cruise speed of 24.5 knots. Fuel-saving features and efficient operations will provide shippers with a punctual delivery service, said the company.

The ten ships are the beginning of a programme of a new generation of container vessels that will be ordered by Evergreen Line from several shipbuilding yards in Asia. Details of the entire programme will be made public as the company, founded in 1968, continues to negotiate both the price and the technological capability of the shipyards to meet the carrier’s very strict standards of environmental protection and fuel conservation.