Evergreen to slow steam on Asia Europe trade

December 13, 2009

Source:PR News Service

Evergreen is joining the slow steaming league on the China Europe Shuttle (CES) service from the third week of December with the introduction of an additional vessel, the 6,330 teu Ever Elite, bringing the service deployment up to ten vessels Ever Elite phases into the CES service at Kaohsiung on December 18th joining nine 7,024 teu "S" class vessels, and allowing for savings on fuel costs To date, Evergreen has mainly shied away from the slow steaming initiative, but now with the Asia/Europe slack season underway and other lines proceeding down the same route, Taiwan's largest carrier is keen to cut its operational costs and provide deployment to vessels that would otherwise proceed to lay up

The additional CES vessel was one of the Evergreen fleet expected to be mothballed after being withdrawn from the Transpacific South service (TPS), but will still spend several weeks in temporary lay up in Kaohsiung until CES deployment

CES service coverage : Kaohsiung, Ningbo, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Colombo, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Thamesport, Taranto, Port Said, Colombo, Tanjung Pelepas, Kaohsiung