Ever Leader, the eighth L-type containership of Evergreen Line, has been christened by Bronson Hsieh, the Evergreen Group's second vice-group chairman, at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard.
The new 8,452-TEU vessel is owned by Evergreen Marine (Singapore) and scheduled to be delivered on January 15.
The L-class containership is 334 meters long, 45.8 meters wide, with 942 reefer plugs and a draft of 14.2 meters.
For fleet rejuvenation, Evergreen Group commenced a new shipbuilding project in 2010 and ordered 20 L-type vessels from Samsung Heavy Industries. In 2011, Evergreen placed an order for another 10 vessels of the same specifications with Taiwan Shipbuilding Corp.
Seven of the 30 newbuildings have been delivered in 2012 with 11 more scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year.
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