Evergreen splashes out on more containers as equipment shortage bites

Evergreen Marine Corporation (EMC) is turning to its in-house container manufacturer for more containers as major container makers have their slots full.

The Taiwanese mainline operator announced on 14 May that it is ordering 17,500 containers from Evergreen Heavy Industrial Corp. (Malaysia), for a total price of US$65.17 million.

Linerlytica’s data shows that major container manufacturers’ slots are fully booked until the end of July. Management at Dong Fang Container, the world’s second-largest...

https://container-news.com/evergreen-splashes-out-on-more-containers-as-equipment-shortage-bites/

Evergreen orders nearly 12,000 new containers from CIMC

Evergreen Marine Corporation is ordering 11,500 X 20-foot containers from China International Marine Containers (CIMC) for US$37.13 million.

The Taiwanese mainline operator did not disclose any other information in a terse filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Container News’ requests for comments were not responded to at the time of writing.

Evergreen itself has a container manufacturing subsidiary, Evergreen Heavy Industrial Corp. (Malaysia), which makes containers for the Taiwanese group and...

https://container-news.com/evergreen-orders-nearly-12000-new-containers-from-cimc/