News / Evergreen starts to make waves as new containerships make a dramatic impact

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While much of the recent focus in liner shipping has been on the creation of the P3 alliance and the ramifications should it gain regulatory approval, according to research group Alphaliner, Taiwanese carrier Evergreen should be garnering equal attention.

There was a time, during the 1990s, that the steadfastly independent container line was the world’s largest, but as others pressed forward with fleet expansion programmes, Evergreen gradually began to drop down the list, to find itself at number seven last year.

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