EVERGREEN RANKED SEVENTH ON ALPHALINER’S TOP 100 CONTAINER SHIPPING CARRIERS’ LIST
EVERGREEN has unveiled a plan to build 20 15,000 teu containerships worth up to $2.6bn.
Taiwanese carrier says it will pay between $115m and $130m for each vessel, and is currently in price negotiations with five shipbuilders from China, South Korea and Japan to choose the winners of the orders.
They are China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Jiangnan Shipyard, South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding.
All five are existing business partners of Evergreen.
Alphaliner data shows the world’s seventh largest container line shipping carrier currently has an orderbook of 77 vessels, with nearly 720,000 teu in carrying capacity, ranking first among the world’s top 100 largest container line shipping carriers.