Archives for April 2013

In preparation for the coming peak season on Trans-Pacific trade, Evergreen Line is announcing major service enhancements. Next month it will launch a new weekly direct service linking central China with the US West Coast.  In addition the line intends to further strengthen its Trans-Pacific service network via slot exchange arrangements with strategic partners

Employing five vessels of 4,000 TEU, Evergreen Line will start its own China–Pacific South West (CPS2) Service with an inaugural sailing from Ningbo on the 14th of May.  The port rotation will then follow as Shanghai, Los Angeles, Oakland and Ningbo.

Furthermore, Evergreen will utilise the new CPS2 and its existing HTW services to provide capacity for a slot exchange arrangement with COSCO’s CEN, and Hanjin’s CAX and PSX services.  The rotations of these loops are as follows:

CPS2 (Evergreen)：Ningbo, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ningbo

HTW (Evergreen)：Taipei, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Los Angeles, Oakland, Taipei

CEN (COSCO)：Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Long Beach, Oakland, Dalian

CAX (Hanjin)：Shanghai, Kwangyang, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, Tokyo, Osaka, Busan, Shanghai

PSX (Hanjin)：Kaohsiung, Yantian, Shekou, Shanghai, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Busan, Kwangyang, Kaohsiung

Evergreen Names Newest Vessels

April 18, 2013–Ever Liven, the tenth in a series of L-type containership to be operated by Evergreen Line, was christened by S.S. Lin, the Evergreen Group’s First Vice Group Chairman, at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea today. The official rope-cutting of the new 8,452-TEU vessel was performed by Mrs. Tsai Su-Hua in a ceremony attended by dignitaries from Taiwan, Korea and other nations.

The conglomerate’s Vice Group Chairman Kuo Shiuan-Yu will preside at the naming ceremony of Ever Logic, the eleventh vessel in the series on April 19; the rope-cutting on this occasion will be conducted by Mrs. Kuo Yeh Chiung-Yu.

The two ships will join Evergreen Line’s Far East – Europe routes after their delivery into service in late April.  From a fleet deployment perspective, the L-type containerships are very flexible, fulfilling the demands of various markets.  In addition to the east-west long-haul trades from Asia to Europe and North America, L-type ships can be employed on north-south routes linking Asia to South Africa and South America. Equipped with such vessels, Evergreen Line believes it is more able to adjust its fleet capacity across a number of trades to meet the variable demand of the global market as a whole.

With the primary aims of upgrading and renewing its fleet  as well as better catering for its customers’ future space requirements, Evergreen Group commenced its new shipbuilding programme in 2010 with an order for 20 L-type vessels from Samsung Heavy Industries.  In 2011, Evergreen ordered a further 10 vessels of the same specification from Taiwan Shipbuilding Corp.  Eighteen of the thirty newbuildings are expected to be delivered by the end of 2013.

In partnership with Wan Hai Line (WHL), PIL and COSCO, Evergreen Line is further improving its service network in South America.  In early May the new Asia – West Coast of South America (WSA2) Service will be launched, linking Taiwan and China with five countries along the West Coasts of Central America and South America.

Employing nine vessels of 3,500-3,900 TEU, the start of the weekly service will be marked by the inaugural sailing from Kaohsiung on the 4th of May.  The port rotation will then follow as Shekou – Hong Kong – Ningbo – Shanghai – Manzanillo (Mexico) – Lazaro Cardenas (Mexico) – Puerto Quetzal (Guatemala) – Buenaventura (Colombia) – Callao (Peru) – Guayaquil (Ecuador) – Manzanillo – Kaohsiung.  Evergreen Line will provide one of the ships, WHL four, PIL three and COSCO the remaining one.

The region of South America covered by the service is enjoying strong economic growth forecasts that support Evergreen’s strategy of network expansion to/from these West Coast ports. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook report published in January, Latin America as a whole is forecast to attain economic growth rates of 3.6% in 2013 and 3.9% in 2014 compared to 3% in 2012.  The report suggests that stable cargo growth can be expected for the region’s trade with Asia.

Evergreen Line is to join forces with COSCO and ZIM in order to upgrade the fleet operating its Far East – South America Service (ESA).  Linking China, Singapore and the East Coast of South America from May 11^th, 2013, the new loop will enable Evergreen Line to meet the growing demand on this trade and provide customers with an evermore efficient service.

A total of ten ships of 8,500 teu will be deployed on the new ESA service, replacing the existing fleet of 3,000 teu vessels.  Evergreen Line will provide five of these ships, COSCO three and ZIM the remaining two.  The Brazilian ports of Rio Grande and Itapoa will be added to the current service rotation, which becomes: Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Santos, Paranagua, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Itapoa, Santos, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

To provide a more comprehensive service network in Red Sea market, Evergreen Line will partner with CMA CGM to create its new South Red Sea Service (SRS2) linking Southeast Asia, the Indian Sub-continent (ISC) and Red Sea from May 2013.  The new loop will offer a convenient link to Ethiopia via Djibouti.

Five ships of 2,200teu will be deployed on the SRS2 service.  Evergreen Line will provide three of these and CMA CGM the remaining two. The first sailing is planned to depart from Tanjung Pelepas on the 2nd of May 2013.  The service will have a weekly frequency and a port rotation of: Tanjung Pelepas – Colombo – Djibouti – Aden (Yemen) – Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) – Port Sudan (Sudan) – Djibouti – Colombo – Port Klang – Tanjung Pelepas.

In addition to strengthening the service network in Red Sea, the new SRS2 service will enable Evergreen Line to further expand its port coverage in East African market following the inauguration of the line’s ISC–Mauritius–Mozambique–Africa (IMMA) Service which was launched earlier this month.