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Evergreen Marine Corporation () is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company that is headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. With over 150 container ships, it is part of the Evergreen Group conglomerate of transportation firms and associated companies.
Evergreen calls on 240 ports worldwide in about 80 countries, and is the fifth largest company of in the shipping industry.
Its principal trading routes are East Asia to North America, Central America and the Caribbean; East Asia to the Mediterranean and northern Europe; Europe to the east coast of North America; East Asia to Australia; East Asia to eastern and southern Africa; East Asia to South America; and an intra Asia service linking ports in East Asia to the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
The company's activities include: shipping, construction of containers and ships, management of ports, engineering and real estate development. Subsidiaries and divisions include Uniglory Marine Corp. (Taiwan), Evergreen UK Ltd. (UK), and shipping company
In 1981, the parent company changed its name to Evergreen International S.A. (EIS), as the company increased its global expansion efforts. Evergreen Marine began its first circumnavigation shipping services in 1984. This service is bi-directional, covering both westbound and eastbound routings.
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Evergreen Marine's operations primarily center around five general routings:
*East Asia to North America/Central America
*East Asia to Northern Europe/Mediterranean
*Europe to North America (transatlantic)
*East Asia to Southern Hemisphere (intercontinental)
*Intra-Asia
The shipping line's busiest routings are in the first category, East Asia to North America and Central America. Within this area, common traffic is between Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and China with the U.S. West Coast, along with routings to the East Caribbean via Panama.
Since 2007, the following have been merged into the single Evergreen Line.
* Uniglory Marine Corp. (Taiwan)
* Evergreen UK Ltd. (UK)
* Italia Marittima S.p.A. (Italy)
Evergreen Marine's worldwide service network is handled through the following agencies:
* Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.
* Evergreen Korea Corp.
* Evergreen Marine Corp. (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
* Evergreen Shipping(Singapore) Pte Ltd.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
* P.T. Evergreen Shipping Agency Indonesia ee'
* Evergreen Vietnam Corp.
* Evergreen Japan Corp.
* Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.
* Evergreen Philippines Corp.
* Evergreen India Private Ltd.
* Evergreen International S.A. / Unigreen Marine S.A.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Russia) Ltd.
* Evergreen Marine Australia Pty Ltd.
* Evergreen Shipping Spain
* Evergreen France S.A.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Netherlands) B.V.
* Evergreen Deutschland GmbH
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Poland) Sp. Z o.o.
* Evergreen Gesellschaft M.B.H.
* Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd.
* Evergreen Agency (Ireland) Ltd.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Italy) S.p.A.
* Green Andes (Chile)
* Global Shipping Agencies (Colombia)
* Baridhi Shipping Lines Ltd (
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Overview
Evergreen calls on 240 ports worldwide in about 80 countries, and is the fifth largest company of in the shipping industry.
Its principal trading routes are East Asia to North America, Central America and the Caribbean; East Asia to the Mediterranean and northern Europe; Europe to the east coast of North America; East Asia to Australia; East Asia to eastern and southern Africa; East Asia to South America; and an intra Asia service linking ports in East Asia to the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
The company's activities include: shipping, construction of containers and ships, management of ports, engineering and real estate development. Subsidiaries and divisions include Uniglory Marine Corp. (Taiwan), Evergreen UK Ltd. (UK), and shipping company Italia Marittima
Italia Marittima S.p.A., from 1919 until 2006 called Lloyd Triestino, founded as Österreichischer Lloyd in 1833, is a shipping company with its head office in Trieste, Italy, and run by Evergreen Marine Corporation.
History
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S.p.A. (Italy).
In 2007, Hatsu, Italia Marittima, and Evergreen were merged into the single "Evergreen Line."
The majority of Evergreen's shipping container
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s are painted green with the word "Evergreen" placed on the sides in white letters. Uniglory containers are similarly painted and marked, but those containers are bright orange. Evergreen's refrigerated " reefer" containers have a reverse color scheme (white containers with green lettering).
History
The company was founded 1 September 1968 by Yung-Fa Chang. Services began with a single cargo vessel named ''Central Trust'', which operated a "go-anywhere" service. A second vessel was added in 1969, and used on Middle East services. Additional vessels were acquired through the 1970s, and routes to East Asia and Central America were added. Service to the U.S. began in 1974, with the establishment of Evergreen Marine Corporation (New York) Ltd.
In 1981, the parent company changed its name to Evergreen International S.A. (EIS), as the company increased its global expansion efforts. Evergreen Marine began its first circumnavigation shipping services in 1984. This service is bi-directional, covering both westbound and eastbound routings.
In 1992, almost 29,000 rubber ducks called "Friendly Floatees
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" were unintentionally dumped into the Pacific Ocean from a container lost overboard by the Evergreen ship ''Ever Laurel''.
Since then, Evergreen Marine has expanded to include other shipping companies such as the Uniglory Marine Corp. (Taiwan) in 1984, the Hatsu Marine Ltd. (U.K.) in 2002, and the Italian shipping company Italia Marittima (previously Lloyd Triestino, and founded as "Österreichischer Lloyd" in 1835) in 1993. Uniglory was made a division of the company in 1999. Evergreen Marine has also become a partner of EVA Airways
EVA Airways Corporation (pronounced as three letters: ; ) (), of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is a Taiwanese international airline based at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated carg ...
, founded in 1989, and Uni Air, founded in 1998.
In 2002, Evergreen Marine operated 61 container vessels, with a total fleet size totaling 130 vessels with 400,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units
The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports.Rowlett, 2004. It is based on the volume of a intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box whic ...
). By 2008, Evergreen Marine operated 178 container vessels. In 2009, the company announced plans to build 100 additional vessels, in anticipation of a global economic recovery by 2012.
Leadership
Everport Terminal Services (ETS) Eric Wang - Chairman Ron Neal - President Denis Delgado - Senior Vice President Brandon Olivas - Vice President/General ManagerAccidents and incidents
''Ever Given''
On 23 March 2021, thecontainer ship
A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermoda ...
'' Ever Given'' became stuck in the Suez Canal, leading to a significant impediment in marine shipping world-wide. After nearly a week, tugboats
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...
and heavy machinery managed to re-float and free the ship.
''Ever Forward''
On 13 March 2022, the container ship ''Ever Forward'' ran aground in theChesapeake Bay
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, near Baltimore, Maryland
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. The ship left the dredged navigation channel and became stuck. On 31 March 2022, Evergreen declared General Average after two attempts to refloat the vessel had failed. Containers were removed from the ship to lighten the load, and dredging was also underway to allow the ship to be freed. On the morning of 17 April, coinciding with the rising tide, the vessel was finally refloated.
''Ever Summit''
In January 2019, the ''Ever Summit'' crashed into a crane. There was no death or injuries.Operations
Evergreen Marine's operations primarily center around five general routings:
*East Asia to North America/Central America
*East Asia to Northern Europe/Mediterranean
*Europe to North America (transatlantic)
*East Asia to Southern Hemisphere (intercontinental)
*Intra-Asia
The shipping line's busiest routings are in the first category, East Asia to North America and Central America. Within this area, common traffic is between Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and China with the U.S. West Coast, along with routings to the East Caribbean via Panama.
Terminals
Evergreen Marine operates four majortransshipment
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One possible reason for transshipment is to change the means of transport during the journey (e.g ...
hubs, and multiple container terminals.
Transshipment hubs
* Taichung Container Terminal, Taiwan * Kaohsiung Container Terminal, Taiwan * Colon Container Terminal, PanamaTerminals
* EverPort Terminal Services (ETS) Los Angeles, California * EverPort Terminal Services (ETS) Tacoma, Washington * EverPort Terminal Services (ETS) Oakland, California * Evergreen terminals in Asia, (e.g. Thailand), Europe (e.g. Italy), and elsewhere * Evergreen terminals in Middle East, North Yard CompanySubsidiaries and divisions
Maritime lines
Since 2007, the following have been merged into the single Evergreen Line.
* Uniglory Marine Corp. (Taiwan)
* Evergreen UK Ltd. (UK)
* Italia Marittima S.p.A. (Italy)
Service network
Evergreen Marine's worldwide service network is handled through the following agencies:
* Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.
* Evergreen Korea Corp.
* Evergreen Marine Corp. (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
* Evergreen Shipping(Singapore) Pte Ltd.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
* P.T. Evergreen Shipping Agency Indonesia ee'
* Evergreen Vietnam Corp.
* Evergreen Japan Corp.
* Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.
* Evergreen Philippines Corp.
* Evergreen India Private Ltd.
* Evergreen International S.A. / Unigreen Marine S.A.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Russia) Ltd.
* Evergreen Marine Australia Pty Ltd.
* Evergreen Shipping Spain
* Evergreen France S.A.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Netherlands) B.V.
* Evergreen Deutschland GmbH
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Poland) Sp. Z o.o.
* Evergreen Gesellschaft M.B.H.
* Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd.
* Evergreen Agency (Ireland) Ltd.
* Evergreen Shipping Agency (Italy) S.p.A.
* Green Andes (Chile)
* Global Shipping Agencies (Colombia)
* Baridhi Shipping Lines Ltd (Bangladesh
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)
Fleet
Evergreen Marine (including Uniglory, Lloyd Triestino & Hatsu) operated 153 container ships with on 1 May 2005. In total, Evergreen Marine operated 178 container ships in 2008. The following are vessels transferred between Evergreen Marine and Uniglory Marine (Taiwanese or Panamanian flag) and subsidiaries: *Lloyd Triestino / Italy (ship name begins with pre-fix "LT", since 2006 with "Ital *Evergreen UK Ltd. / UK (ship name begins with pre-fix "Ever"): Hatsu Marine was renamed Evergreen UK (previously, Evergreen UK ships, as Hatsu ships, were prefixed with the word "Hatsu", for example, the ''Hatsu Sigma'' is now known as the ''Ever Sigma''.) *Some vessels delivered as new buildings to these subsidiaries.
See also
*Chang Yung-fa
Chang Yung-fa CBE (; 6 October 1927 – 20 January 2016) was a Taiwanese businessman. He founded and chaired the Evergreen Group.
Biography
Chang was born in Su'ao, while Taiwan was under Japanese rule. When he was seven, the family moved ...
* '' Ever Given''
* Evergreen Group
* Italia Marittima
Italia Marittima S.p.A., from 1919 until 2006 called Lloyd Triestino, founded as Österreichischer Lloyd in 1833, is a shipping company with its head office in Trieste, Italy, and run by Evergreen Marine Corporation.
History
Österreichi ...
* List of companies of Taiwan
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* List of largest container shipping companies
* Evergreen Maritime Museum
The Evergreen Maritime Museum () is a maritime museum in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan.
History
After nearly a decade of planning, the museum was opened on 7 October 2008.
Mission
The mission of the museum is to preserve and present ...
* EVA Air
EVA Airways Corporation (pronounced as three letters: ; ) (), of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is a Taiwanese international airline based at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated ca ...
* Maritime industries of Taiwan
* Transportation in Taiwan
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* 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
In March 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days after the grounding of , a container ship. The vessel was buffeted by strong winds on the morning of 23 March, and ended up wedged across the waterway with its bow and stern stuck in th ...
References
External links
Evergreen Marine
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長榮海運
��official website (Mandarin) {{Evergreen Group Transport companies established in 1968 Port operating companies Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Companies based in Taoyuan City Container shipping companies Shipping companies of Taiwan Multinational companies headquartered in Taiwan Taiwanese brands Evergreen Group 1968 establishments in Taiwan