The Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation has ordered the construction of 11 container ships of large capacity, equal to 24,000 TEUs, of which five commissioned to the Chinese shipyard Guangzhou Shipyard International Co. (GSI) of the China State Shipbuilding Group Corporation (CSSC) and six at South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. Evergreen announced today that the investment for each ship has a value between 265 and 295 million dollars, with the order to the Chinese company which has a total value between 1.32 and $1.47 billion and that to the South Korean company between $1.59 billion and $1.77 billion.

Meanwhile, Evergreen has announced that it has recorded in January 2025 a turnover of 42.2 billion Taiwanese dollars (1.3 billion US dollars), with an increase of +49.0% compared to February 2024. Last month, the Taiwanese company Yang Ming, which is the second national carrier after Evergreen by capacity of the container carrier fleet, has totaled a turnover of 17.6 billion Taiwan dollars (+25.7%) and the company Wan Hai Lines (WHL), the third national carrier in the market, a turnover of to 14.7 billion Taiwanese dollars (+58.6%).