egmd twse 2603 industry transport founded 1968 headquarters luzhu district taoyuan city taiwan key people dr. chang yung fa chairman products shipping cargo freight distribution revenue ntd 144.924 billion 2007 1 4.556 billion 2007 2 2.588 billion 2007 2 owner evergreen group number of employees 3 389 2007 evergreen marine corp. taiwan divisions uniglory marine corp. taiwan evergreen uk ltd. uk 2007 italia marittima s.p.a. italy 2007 website www.evergreen marine.com evergreen marine corporation chinese lse egmd twse 2603 is a taiwanese container transportation and shipping company . headquartered in luzhu district taoyuan city taiwan 3 is a global containerized freight shipping company . its principal trading routes are the far east to north america central america and the caribbean ; the far east to northern europe and the east mediterranean ; europe to the east coast of north america ; the far east to australia mauritius south africa and south america ; and an intra asia service linking ports in asia to the middle east persian gulf and the red sea . 4 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 fourth largest company of its type ranked behind maersk mediterranean shipping company and cma cgm in order . the company s activities include shipping construction of containers and ships management of ports and engineering and real estate development . subsidiaries and divisions include uniglory marine corp. taiwan evergreen uk ltd. uk and shipping company italia marittima s.p.a. italy . in 2007 hatsu italia maritima and evergreen were merged into the single evergreen line . the majority of evergreen s shipping containers 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 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 fleet 3.1 containership classes 4 terminals 4.1 transshipment hubs 4.2 terminals 5 subsidiaries and divisions 5.1 maritime lines 5.2 service network 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit evergreen marine building on sec .2 minsheng east road taipei city taiwan . the thalassa hellas on its maiden voyage the company was founded 1 september 1968 by the chairman of the company billionaire yung fa chang . services began with a single cargo vessel named central trust which operated a go anywhere service . 5 a second vessel was added in 1969 and used on middle east services . 5 additional vessels were acquired through the 1970s and routes to east asia and central america were added . 5 service to the u.s. began in 1974 with the establishment of evergreen marine corporation new york ltd. 5 in 1981 the parent company changed its name to evergreen international s.a. eis as the company increased its global expansion efforts . 5 evergreen marine began its first circumnavigation shipping services in 1984 . this service is bi directional covering both westbound and eastbound routings . 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 sterreichischer lloyd in 1835 in 1993 . uniglory was made a division of the company in 1999 . 5 evergreen marine has also become a partner of eva airways 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 . 5 by 2008 evergreen marine operated 178 container vessels . 6 in 2009 the company announced plans to build 100 additional vessels in anticipation of a global economic recovery by 2012 . 6 operations edit evergreen s trademark green worldwide shipping containers . evergreen marine s operations primarily center around five general routings 7 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 . 7 within this area common traffic is between china japan korea and taiwan with the u.s. west coast along with routings to the east caribbean via panama . 7 fleet edit evergreen ever u type vessel . the ever lasting in hamburg the ever safety in hamburg juni 2013 evergreen marine including uniglory lloyd triestino & hatsu operated 153 container ships with 439 538 twenty foot equivalent units teu on 1 may 2005 . in total evergreen marine operated 178 container ships in 2008 . 6 containership classes edit the following are evergreen containership classes since 1975 ever spring class 4 ships 646 teu built 1975 1976 ever valor class 7 ships 1214 teu built 1977 1979 ever level class 6 ships 1800 teu 1979 80 1983 ever g class 3 ships 2240 teu built 1983 ever g class 17 ships 2728 teu built 1984 1985 ever gl gx class 11 ships 3428 teu built 1986 1988 some by csbc corporation taiwan ever racer class 10 ships 4229 teu built 1993 1995 ever dainty class 10 ships 4163 teu built 1997 1998 ever ultra class 18 post panamax ships 5364 teu built 1996 2001 by mitsubishi heavy industries nagasaki and kobe ever a class 14 ships 1162 teu built 1996 1999 ever p class 16 ships 1618 teu built 1999 july 2003 by evergreen shipyard nagasaki hatsu eagle class 5 post panamax ships 6332 teu built december 2001 december 2002 by mitsubishi h. ind. hatsu shine class 10 post panamax ships 7024 teu built september 2005 2008 by mitsubishi h. ind. kobe lt cortesia class 8 post panamax ships 8100 teu built may 2005 may 2006 by samsung long term charter from conti nsb germany 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 . terminals edit evergreen marine operates four major transshipment hubs and multiple container terminals . transshipment hubs edit evergreen kaohsiung container terminal taiwan taichung container terminal taiwan kaohsiung container terminal taiwan colon container terminal panama taranto container terminal italy terminals edit evergreen los angeles terminal california evergreen pierce county container terminal tacoma washington evergreen terminals in asia e.g. thailand europe e.g. italy and elsewhere subsidiaries and divisions edit maritime lines edit 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 edit 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 shipping agency poland sp . z o.o. evergreen marine australia pty ltd. 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 italy s.p.a green andes chile green iberica global shipping agencies colombia see also edit nautical portal companies portal taiwan portal chang yung fa evergreen group italia marittima list of companies of taiwan top intermodal container companies list references edit 2007 annual report pdf . evergreen marine corp. 2007 . retrieved 2008 10 01 . a b currency conversion . xe currency site . 2008 . retrieved 2008 10 01 . safety quality environment policy . evergreen marine . retrieved on september 29 2009 . dead link evergreen corporate profile . retrieved on august 31 2012 a b c d e f g mote dave 2008 . business encyclopedia evergreen marine corp. . hoover s inc. retrieved 2008 10 01 . a b c taiwan s evergreen marine to build 100 container ships a b c evergreen marine corporate profile sea containers nz external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to evergreen marine . evergreen marine official website official website mandarin v t e evergreen group eva air evergreen air cargo services corporation evergreen air services corporation evergreen aviation technologies corporation evergreen int l. storage and transport evergreen international hotels evergreen marine corporation hatsu marine ltd. italia marittima s.p.a. uni air uniglory marine corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title evergreen marine & oldid 738782450 categories companies established in 1968port operating companiescompanies listed on the taiwan stock exchangecompanies based in taoyuan citycontainer shipping companiesshipping companies of taiwanmultinational companies headquartered in taiwanevergreen grouphidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from december 2014articles containing chinese language textcommons category with local link same 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