Evergreen spending spree on new containers continues with 6k reefer order

Evergreen Marine Corporation is splashing out nearly $40m for 6,000 refrigerated containers from China, bringing fleet, including subsidiaries, to 78,800  boxes.

The Taiwanese liner operator did not indicate the container type in a Taiwan Stock Exchange filing on Monday, but stated the order was to Guangdong Fuwa Equipment Manufacturing (Fuwa) which only builds reefers.

Fuwa is part of Guangdong Fuwa Engineering Group, the world’s largest trailer axle manufacturer, and began making reefers in 2016.

This latest order marks another round of container procurement ...