Evergreen’s second and third new 8,452-TEU ships launched

•  Naming ceremonies held in Korea for Ever Laden and Ever Lasting
  
   

Ever Laden, the second L-type containership of Evergreen Line, was christened by S.S. Lin, the Evergreen Group’s First Vice Group Chairman, at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard last week.

The ceremonial rope cutting for the new 8,452-TEU vessel was performed by Mrs. Mei-Sui Lin in a ceremony attended by dignitaries from Taiwan and abroad.

Lin also presided at the naming ceremony for Ever Lasting, the third L-type containership with the rope cutting for the new ship conducted by Lee-Ching Ko, Second Vice Group Chairman of Evergreen Group.

Ever Laden is owned by Greencompass Marine SA (GMS), EMC’s Panamanian subsidiary. Ever Lasting belongs to Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd. The L-class containerships are 334 meters in length, 45.8 meters wide, with 942 reefer plugs and a draft of 14.2 meters. The vessels can cruise at a speed up to 24.5 knots. Both ships will join Evergreen Line’s Far East-Europe routes after delivery in late August.

For fleet upgrading and customers’ future capacity demand, Evergreen Group commenced a new shipbuilding project in 2010 and ordered 20 L-type vessels from Samsung Heavy Industries. In 2011, Evergreen placed an order for another 10 vessels of the same specifications with Taiwan Shipbuilding Corp. Seven of the 30 new buildings are expected to be delivered by the end of 2012.

L-class containerships meet the standards of international regulations for environmental protection and can reduce CO2 emission by 15% compared to the carrier’s earlier award-winning S-class eco-ships. Evergreen Group is committed to environmental excellence. With its forward-looking planning, the latest marine technologies are adopted not only for quality transportation service but also for sustainable development of the marine ecology.