Evergreen A-class container ship

The Evergreen A class (or Ever A) is a series of 13 container ships being built for Evergreen Marine. The largest ships have a maximal theoretical capacity of around 23,992 TEU and are among the largest container ships in the world.[1][2] Six ships are being built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Another seven will be built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) at two shipyards in China.

Ever Ace entering the Port of Rotterdam
Class overview
Builders
OperatorsEvergreen Marine
Built11
In service11
Planned13
Building2
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage235,579 GT
Length400 m (1,312 ft 4 in)
Beam61.5 m (202 ft)
Draught17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • WinGD X92-B, 11 cylinder
  • 58,600 kW (78,584 hp)
Capacity23,992 to 24,004 TEU
NotesPost-Panamax
Stern view of Ever Ace in Hamburg, 2021

As of August 2021, the record for most containers loaded onto a single ship is held by the Ever Ace, which carried a total of 21,710 TEU of containers from Yantian to Europe.[3]

List of ships edit

Ship Yard number IMO number Delivered Status Flag Owner Ref
Samsung Heavy Industries (23992 TEU)
Ever Ace 2358 9893890 28 July 2021 In service   Panama GreenCompass Marine S.A. [4]
Ever Act 2359 9893905 10 September 2021 In service [5]
Ever Aim 2360 9893917 28 October 2021 In service [6]
Ever Alp 2361 9893929 9 December 2021 In service [7]
Ever Arm 2362 9893931 10 March 2022 In service   Taiwan Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.
Ever Art 2363 9893943 19 May 2022 In service
Jiangnan Shipyard (24004 TEU)
Ever Apex 2630 9893979 11 July 2022 In service   Singapore Evergreen Marine (Asia) Pte. Ltd.
Ever Atop 2631 9893993 28 October 2022 In service
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (24004 TEU)
Ever Alot 1858 9893955 22 June 2022 In service   Panama GreenCompass Marine S.A.
Ever Aria 1859 9909132 13 September 2022 In service
Ever Acme 1872 9943267 30 December 2022 In service   Singapore Evergreen Marine (Asia) Pte Ltd.
1873 9943279 Construction
Construction
Source: new-ships,[8] ShipmentLink[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "ShipmentLink - Vessel Particulars [Enter EVER ACE]". shipmentlink.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Chambers, Sam (19 May 2021). "Evergreen takes the biggest boxship mantle away from HMM by just 28 teu". Splash247.
  3. ^ "Yantian Reports New TEU Record, While No Updates from Ningbo". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Ever Ace (9893890)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Ever Act (9893905)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Ever Aim (212959)". Register of Ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Ever Alp (213242)". Register of Ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Shipbuilding projects worldwide search in New Ships Orderbook". new-ships.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.