Evergreen Line

July 4 2013 

Through a port rotation enhancement and a new slot charter agreement Evergreen Line is improving its service options on the Asia-Australia trade.

The North East Asia Australia service (NEAX), which Evergreen operates together with joint service partners NYK, MOL, K LINE and OOCL will have a new port rotation starting with the sailing from Yokohama on the 4th of August.   From then on the schedule will run, Osaka – Pusan – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Melbourne – Sydney – Brisbane before returning to Yokohama.

The service adjustment will not only improve schedule integrity but will also provide a direct link from Qingdao and shorten the transit time from Shanghai and Ningbo to Australian ports.

In addition, Evergreen is adding the new Sino Australia Service (SAS) also from the 4th of August.  This will operate through a slot charter arrangement with COSCO.  The SAS port rotation will be Ningbo – Shanghai – Xiamen – Shekou – Hong Kong – Sydney – Melbourne – Brisbane – Ningbo.

Evergreen customers with Asia-Australia trade requirements will benefit from not only improved service between the line’s current scheduled port pairings but also from the addition of port options. The developments are once more in harmony with Evergreen’s stated policy to optimize its global network and provide quality service to its customers by continually monitoring market trends and reacting swiftly to amend services appropriately.

25 June 2013

With the launch of two new services – the ISC-Bangladesh Service and the Intra-Gulf Service, Evergreen Line is now broader prepared to enhance its service network in the Indian-subcontinent and the Gulf.

Evergreen, NYK and Simatech are joining to launch a new weekly service connecting West India and Pakistan directly to Bangladesh.  It will also to serve as a double loop feeder service connecting the hub in Colombo to Chittagong and Karachi/Mundra.  Employing four vessels of 1,600 teu – 1,800 teu, the ISC-Bangladesh weekly service will commence with an inaugural sailing from Chittagong on the 27th of June.  The rotation will then follow by ports in Chittagong, Colombo, Karachi, Mundra, Colombo and Chittagong respectively.

In addition, Evergreen will deploy a 1,600 teu vessel on the weekly Intra-Gulf Service commencing July 5th. The feeder service shall  efficiently  bridge the line’s network  hub in Jebel Ali (UAE) and Umm Qasr in Iraq.

The new services coming up will further expand Evergreen’s regional service horizen and shall closely connect Evergreen Line’s global service through its newly developed network in Colombo and Jebel Ali.

June – 18 – Evergreen Line is pleased to announce the launch of its new East Black Sea (EBS) service, aimed at improving the line’s service coverage in the region, particularly to/from the port of Poti (Georgia).

Evergreen will operate this new weekly service jointly with United Feeder Services (UFS).  The partners will operate two vessels, the 971teu BFP MELODY and the 1,155 teu MURAT K respectively.

The first sailing of the BFP MELODY is planned from Piraeus week commencing 17 June; the service’s port rotation subsequently being Istanbul, Poti, Novorossiysk and Piraeus.

Poti is a significant addition to Evergreen’s global port network serving as it does the country of Georgia and the surrounding territories. Located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, Georgia provides a natural corridor to the markets of neighbouring countries’ thanks to its improved road and rail connections.

According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook report published in March, Georgia is forecast to attain economic growth rates of 6% in 2013 thus encouraging Evergreen’s strategy of network expansion to/from this part of the Black Sea region.

In addition, the EBS service will offer a second weekly Evergreen call at Novorossiysk; the other already provided by the line’s BSF service, which also links the Russian port with Istanbul and Piraeus.

May 13, 2013

Global ocean carrier Evergreen Line has been awarded Best Ocean Carrier—Transpacific by Cargonews Asia in the 27st Annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) sponsored by the publication. The award was presented on 9 May, 2013 at a ceremony taking place at Conrad Beijing. Evergreen Line emerged as top choice out of 11 container carriers entered in the competition.

The criteria for the award are maintenance of schedule integrity, effective and easy to use IT systems backed by efficient and professional customer service systems, and comprehensive ports of call on the specific trade.

Evergreen Line operates 14 transpacific services, offering comprehensive port coverage in Asia and North America.  The carrier has been recognized for excellence in many competitions, most recently for its top rankings in “overall performance” and “consultation on schedule changes” categories of CI’s Asian Shipper Sentiment Survey published this February.

The AFSCA awards are designed to honor the respective winning organizations for demonstrating leadership as well as consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relationship management and reliability. The accolade is particularly significant because it signifies a vote of confidence in the carrier’s efforts to provide shippers with quality service.

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.

Evergreen Line is teaming up with United Africa Feeder Line (UAFL) to extend its service network in the Indian Ocean.  The new ISC–Mauritius–Mozambique–Africa (IMMA) Service linking the Indian sub-continent, Indian Ocean Islands and Mozambique will be launched in late April.

Employing three 2,500 teu vessels, the biweekly service will have its inaugural sailing from Karachi on the 22nd of April.  The port rotation will then follow as Mundra – Colombo – Port Louis – Tamatave – Durban – Maputo – Nacala – Karachi.  Evergreen Line will provide two of the ships and UAFL the third.

The IMMA service offers a direct link between the Indian subcontinent and the emerging markets of Southeast Africa and its scope can be further extended with on-carriage services offered to neighbouring islands in Indian Ocean and inland destinations within the African continent. The service is Evergreen’s latest bid to fulfill growing customer demand to develop new markets and follows the line’s recent service extensions into other parts of East Africa, as well as the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia, during the first quarter this year.