Evergreen G-class container ship

The Evergreen G class is a series of 11 container ships built for Evergreen Marine by Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. The maximum theoretical capacity of these ships is in the range of 20,124 to 20,388 standard shipping containers (twenty-foot equivalent unit TEU).[1][failed verification]

Ever Glory in the Port of Rotterdam on 14 June 2019
Class overview
BuildersImabari Shipbuilding
OperatorsEvergreen Marine
In service2018–present
Planned11
Completed11
Active11
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage217,612 GT to 219,688 GT
Length400 m (1,312 ft 4 in)
Beam58.8 m (192 ft 11 in)
Draft16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Capacity20,124 TEU to 20,160 TEU
Stern view of Ever Glory in Hamburg, 2022

History

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The ships constitute 11 out of 13 container ships built to the Imabari 20000 TEU containership design developed by Imabari Shipbuilding. Evergreen time charters all 11 ships from their owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, which is a leasing subsidiary of Imabari Shipbuilding. On 30 March 2018, the first ship the Ever Golden was delivered with a capacity of 20,338 TEU.

In 2019, Evergreen announced it would be putting scrubbers on many of their ships in order to lower polluting emissions.[2] Ever Glory and all newer ships were built with scrubbers already installed. These scrubbers take up a considerable amount of space and the resulting capacity of these ships is slightly reduced to 20,160 TEU. The previous ships that did not have scrubbers when they were built had them retrofitted. This has reduced their capacity to 20,124 TEU.

Accidents and incidents

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On 9 February 2019, the Ever Given collided with the ferry Finkenwerder, which was docked at a wharf in Hamburg on the river Elbe at the time. The Finkenwerder was heavily damaged.[3]

In March 2021, the Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days.[4] The ship was freed but then held in the Great Bitter Lake over a declared 900 million dollar compensation claim by the Suez Canal Authority,[5] which they settled with owner Shoei Kisen Kaisha for $540 million in early July.[6]

List of ships

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Ship name Yard number IMO number Delivered Status Notes Ref. Flag Owner Charterer
Imabari Shipbuilding Saijo shipyard
Ever Golden 8191 9811012 30 March 2018 In service Retrofitted with scrubbers [7]   Panama Shoei Kisen Kaisha GreenCompass Marine S.A.
Ever Genius 8192 9786815 2 August 2018 In service Retrofitted with scrubbers [8]
Ever Gifted 8182 9786827 13 December 2018 In service Retrofitted with scrubbers [9]   Singapore Evergreen Asia (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Ever Glory 8193 9786839 9 May 2019 In service Built with scrubbers [10]   Liberia Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Ever Globe 8194 9786841 10 September 2019 In service Built with scrubbers [11]   Panama GreenCompass Marine S.A.
Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame shipyard
Ever Goods 1876 9810991 5 June 2018 In service Retrofitted with scrubbers [12]   Panama Shoei Kisen Kaisha GreenCompass Marine S.A.
Ever Given 1833 9811000 25 September 2018 In service Retrofitted with scrubbers [13]
Ever Grade 1834 9820855 15 January 2019 In service Retrofitted with scrubbers [14]
Ever Gentle 1877 9820922 16 March 2019 In service Retrofitted with scrubbers [15]   Liberia Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Ever Govern 1878 9832717 9 July 2019 In service Built with scrubbers [16]   Panama GreenCompass Marine S.A.
Ever Greet 1835 9832729 15 October 2019 In service Built with scrubbers [17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ShipmentLink - Vessel Particulars". shipmentlink.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Alphaliner: Scrubber Orders for Boxships Rise to over 540 Units". Offshore Energy. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Blankenese: Frachter rammt Fähre auf der Elbe". NDR. 9 February 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.
  4. ^ Samaan, Magdy; Deng, Shawn; El Sirgany, Sarah; Salem, Mostafa; Said-Moorhouse, Lauren (24 March 2021). "Suez Canal blocked by traffic jam after massive container ship runs aground". CNN. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Egypt seizes ship that blocked Suez Canal over $900m compensation claim". BBC News. 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ Tabikha, Kamal (2021-07-05). "Suez Canal Authority agrees $540m compensation deal with 'Ever Given' owners". The national News. The National. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Ever Golden (18265349)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Ever Genius (9786815)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Ever Gifted (189095)". Register of ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Ever Glory (9786839)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Ever Globe (199126)". Register of ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Ever Goods (18265350)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Ever Given (18265351)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Ever Grade (199001)". Register of ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Ever Gentle (19265353)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Ever Govern (19265354)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Ever Greet (199135)". Register of ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 4 August 2020.