Taiwanese container shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation has signed today with the shipbuilding group South Korean Hanwha Ocean awarded contract to build six dual-fuel container carrier which, having a capacity of 24,000 TEUs, will join ships of this capacity already in service in the fleet of the Taipei company ( of 13 February 2025). The six ships produced by the Seoul group, to which the Taipei-based company turned for the first time for the new buildings, will be 400 meters long, 61.5 meters wide meters and can be powered by liquefied natural gas.

Hanwha Ocean highlighted the importance of this order for Korean shipbuilding industry as from 2022 the 24,000 container ship segment was dominance of Chinese shipyards thanks - specified the Seoul company - the price competitiveness allowed by the low cost of labor. Hanwha emphasized that it had therefore demonstrated once again its competitiveness on the market world awarding this contract thanks to its diversified design and production capabilities. In addition The company has emphasized its great experience at the in the construction of ultra-large container ships because, based on Clarkson Research statistics updated at the end of the year. February, 358 ships are currently in operation worldwide container carriers with a capacity of at least 17,000 TEUs and in This segment Hanwha Ocean is the shipbuilding that has built the largest number of these ships, well 72, ranking first in this market.

In addition, the Seoul-based company specified that the recent changes in the international scenario, including the inclusion of Chinese shipyards on the U.S. blacklist, will have a positive impact on the South Korean shipbuilding industry.