News / Evergreen eyes Europe trades with newbuilding splurge

Evergreen Marine Corporation wants to build as many as two dozen 16,000 teu methanol dual-fuelled container ships, likely to be deployed on Asia to Europe services.

The Taiwanese mainline operator declined The Loadstar’s requests for comment, but shipbuilding sources confirmed that Evergreen has invited yards from China, Japan and South Korea to submit quotes for the newbuildings.

One source stated: “As part of the bidding process, we will have to provide solutions for the fuel procurement and the replacement of spare parts, ...