The newbuildings, Ever Liven and Ever Logic of 8,452 teu each, will soon be delivered by South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
The L-type containerships are expected to offer greater flexibility for Evergreen in deploying its services for the various markets.
“In addition to the east-west long-haul trades from Asia to Europe and North America, L-type ships can be employed on north-south routes linking Asia to South Africa and South America,” Evergreen said.
Evergreen commenced its new shipbuilding programme in 2010 with an order for 20 L-type vessels from SHI. In 2011, Evergreen ordered a further 10 vessels of the same specification from Taiwan's CSBC Corp. Eighteen of the 30 newbuildings are expected to be delivered by the end of 2013.
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