Evergreen Group has recently held a naming ceremony for the 8,508TEU 'Ever Loading', the sixth of the company's L-type vessels to be built by CSBC Corporation in Taiwan.
Constructed by CSBC's Kaohsiung shipyard and owned by United Kingdom-based subsidiary Evergreen Marine, the 'Ever Loading' measures 334.8 metres in length, with a width of 45.8 metres wide and 948 reefer plugs.
Design features of the L-class containership include a ballast water treatment system and an electronic-controlled fuel-injection engine that supports slow steaming.
After her delivery in late-July, the newbuilding will join Evergreen Line's Asia-United States West Coast route, replacing an older vessel.
Evergreen recently made use of the 8,508TEU ships to launch a new Asia-USA East Coast service via the Suez Canal (with strategic partners). Currently, the L-class vessels are among the maximum size of containerships that can pass under the Bayonne Bridge and call at New York port.