Naming ceremonies held in Korea for Ever Laden and Ever Lasting

The “Ever Laden”, the second L-type containership for Evergreen Line, was christened by S.S. Lin, the Evergreen Group's First Vice Group Chairman, at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard.

The ceremonial rope cutting for the new 8,452-TEU vessel was performed by Mrs. Mei-Sui Lin in a ceremony attended by dignitaries from Taiwan and abroad.

Mr. Lin presided at the naming ceremony for the “Ever Lasting”, the third L-type containership on August 23, when the rope cutting for the new ship was conducted by Mrs. Lee-Ching Ko, Second Vice Group Chairman of Evergreen Group.

Ever Laden is owned by Greencompass Marine SA (GMS), EMC's Panamanian subsidiary. Ever Lasting belongs to Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd. The L-class containerships are 334 meters in length, 45.8 meters wide, with 942 reefer plugs, and a draft of 14.2 meters.

The vessels can cruise at a speed up to 24.5 knots. Both ships will join Evergreen Line's Far East - Europe routes after delivery in late August.

For fleet upgrading and customers' future capacity demand, Evergreen Group commenced a new shipbuilding project in 2010 and ordered 20 L-type vessels from Samsung Heavy Industries.

In 2011, Evergreen placed an order for another 10 vessels with the same specifications with Taiwan Shipbuilding Corp. Seven of the thirty newbuildings are expected to be delivered by the end of 2012.

L-class containerships meet the standards of international regulations for environmental protection and can reduce CO2 emission by 15% compared to the carrier's earlier award-winning S-class eco-ships.

A spokesperson for the company said, “Evergreen Group is committed to environmental excellence. With its forward-looking planning, the latest marine technologies are adopted not only for quality transportation service, but also for sustainable development of the marine ecology.” < Korea Shipping Gazette >