Evergreen Marine made firm orders this week for two series of seven 14,000 TEU neo-panamax container ships, split between a Korean shipyard, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), and a Chinese one, Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI).
“In this way, Evergreen moved forward with a newbuilding program that Alphaliner had first reported in October. On November 12, the company informed the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it split the orders for a total of 14 dual-fuel LNG vessels between SHI and GSI, from China’s CSSC group,” reported the consultancy.
In its filing, Evergreen indicated that the vessels will cost between 175 and 205 million dollars per unit. The final order price will be known later, once the shipyards formally reveal the contracts.
Regarding delivery times, the series of 14 ships will be delivered between 2028 and 2029. In terms of design, all units are expected to be compact neo-panamax, with a length of approximately 335 meters and a beam of 51 meters (20 rows).
“With these new orders, Evergreen raises its newbuilding portfolio to 56 vessels and 856,000 TEU. The shipping line also continues to diversify its fuel strategy with the LNG orders. Apart from two small conventional vessels, its entire portfolio now corresponds to methanol or LNG ships,” Alphaliner stated.
“On the methanol side, it includes 23 16,500 TEU vessels (15 from SHI and 8 from Imabari) and six 2,500 TEU vessels (GWS). On the LNG side, Evergreen’s order book is composed of eleven 24,000 TEU vessels (5 from GSI and 6 from Hanwha), in addition to the new ships from SHI and GSI,” it concluded.
