Taiwan's Evergreen has ordered the construction of 14 14,000 TEU dual-fuel container ships that can be powered by liquefied natural gas. Seven new ships were ordered from China's Guangzhou Shipyard International Co. with a total investment expected between 1.22 and 1.43 billion and a unit price of between 175 million and 205 million million dollars. Seven other container carriers of the same type were commissioned to the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries Co. for a total investment and a unit price for each ship of similar value to that of the order in China. The new units naval ships will be taken delivery between 2028 and 2030.

The two significant orders follow those issued by the company of Taiwanese shipping in February for 11 new container ships from 24,000 TEUs ( of 13 February 2025).

Also today, Evergreen has placed a number of other orders, in starting from the one against the Chinese Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. worth a total of $106.9 million for the supply of eight ship-to-shore cranes and nine gantry cranes on vehicles that will be destined for the Colon Container Terminal, the Taiwanese group terminal in the Panamanian port of Colón.

In addition, the Taiwanese company has issued a number of orders for the acquisition of new containers. The first is towards of China's Guangdong Fuwa Equipment Manufacturing Co. and is relating to 31,150 containers with a total value of 62.6 million of dollars. The second is against the Chinese Singamas Management Services Ltd. for the supply of 13,000 containers of the total value of $34.2 million. Another order is for China's China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC) and provides for an investment of USD 43.1 million for buy 20,000 containers. The last is with regard to the Chinese Dong Fang International Container (Hong Kong) Ltd. for acquire 26,350 containers for a total of $49.8 million.