Tag: Evergreen

As the Taiwanese Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai said on Monday, two of the country's shipping companies have reduced their carbon emissions by 40%.

Mr. Ian MacLean, Partner, Master Mariner & Deputy Head of Office at Hill Dickinson answers key questions with regards to the Ever Given:(a) why did the court find SMIT were entitled to salvage remuneration? (b) a rare opportunity to see contemporaneous owner / salvor correspondence; and (c) what litigation risk lessons are there? 

On 21st March 2021, the grounding of the giant container ship ‘Ever Given’ at the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest maritime routes, made headlines all over the world.

Safetytech Accelerator launches collaborative technology acceleration initiative with Evergreen Line, HMM, Lloyd’s Register, Maersk, the Offen Group, ONE (Ocean Network Express) and Seaspan as Anchor Partners aiming at reducing cargo fires and losses overboard.

Shipping giant AP Moeller-Maersk is suing Evergreen in a Danish court, seeking compensation for delays caused by the blockage of the Suez Canal when the Ever Given ran aground on March 23rd, 2021

Evergreen’s 24,000 TEU containership Ever Acme transited the Suez Canal on February 3, during its maiden voyage from Malaysia to the Netherlands.

The Captain of the cargo vessel Ever Forward, that got stuck in the Chesapeake Bay in 2022, has given up the pilotage license in Maryland and reportedly agreed to never seek one again.

Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine is celebrating a standout year by awarding stellar bonuses to some of its staff. Namely, local media reported that the company is handing out year-end bonuses equal to 50 months salary, or more than four years’ pay.

The Maryland Board of Pilots decided to enact a rule change that forbids on-duty pilots from using their phones, after the grounding of the Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay.

Evergreen, the owner of the Ever Forward container ship, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March 2022, was ordered to pay Maryland $676,000 as a penalty for the accident.