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The company was founded 1 September 1968, by the chairman of the company, billionaire Dr. Yung-Fa Chang. The company also owns the Uniglory Marine Corp., Taiwan and the Hatsu Marine Ltd., UK. Also Evergreen Marine acquired in 1999 the Italian shipping company Lloyd Triestino (org. founded as "Österreichischer Lloyd" in 1835). Evergreen also owns part of EVA Airways and Uniair, builds containers and ships, manages ports, and conducts engineering and real estate development. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... EVA Air (長榮航空 Changrong Hangkong, or Evergreen Airlines) is an airline based at Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, near Taipei. ...

The majority of Evergreen's containers are distinctively painted in (as expected) green with the simple marking "Evergreen" on the sides in white lettering (no logos). 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).

The Fleet

Evergreen Marine (incl: Uniglory, Lloyd Triestino & Hatsu) operated 153 container ships with 439,538 TEU on 1 May 2005.

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 China SB Corp.; Kaoshiung
• "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 built 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
• "(Ever) Hatsu Eagle"-class, 5 Post-Panamax-ships, 6332 TEU, built Dec. 2001 - Dec. 2002 by Mitsubishi H. Ind.
• "(Ever) Hatsu Shine"-class, 10 Post-Panamax-ships, 7024 TEU, built Sept. 2005 - 2008 by Mitsubishi H. Ind.
• "Ever Champion"-class, 8 Post-Panamax-ships, 8100 TEU, built May 2005 - 2006 by Samsung (long-time chartered from Conti-NSB/Germany)

• Vessels transferred between Evergreen Marine and Uniglory Marine(Taiwanese or Panamanian flag) and subsidiaries:
  • Lloyd Triestino / Italy (ship name begins with "LT")
  • Hatsu Marine Ltd. / UK (ship name begins with "Hatsu")
  • Some vessels delivered as new buildings to these subsidiaries.

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External link

• Evergreen Marine website