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Evergreen Marine Corporation () ( ), headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan,〔"(Safety, Quality, Environment Policy )." Evergreen Marine. Retrieved on September 29, 2009. 〕 is a global containerized-freight shipping company. Its principal trading routes are: the Far East to North America, Central America and the Caribbean; the Far east to northern Europe and the east Mediterranean; Europe to the east coast of North America; the Far East to Australia, Mauritius, South Africa and South America; and an intra Asia service linking ports in Asia to the Middle East, Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.〔"(Evergreen Corporate Profile )." Retrieved on August 31, 2012〕 With over 150 container ships it is part of the Evergreen Group conglomerate of transportation firms and associated companies. Evergreen calls on 240 ports worldwide in about 80 countries, and is the fourth largest company of its type, ranked behind Mediterranean Shipping Company, Maersk and CMA CGM (in order). The company's activities include: shipping, construction of containers and ships, management of ports, and engineering and real estate development. Subsidiaries and divisions include Uniglory Marine Corp. (Taiwan), Evergreen UK Ltd. (UK), and shipping company Italia Marittima S.p.A. (Italy). In 2007, Hatsu, Italia Maritima, and Evergreen were merged into the single "Evergreen Line." The majority of Evergreen's shipping containers are painted green with the word "Evergreen" placed on the sides in white letters. Uniglory containers are similarly painted and marked, but those containers are bright orange. Evergreen's refrigerated "reefer" containers have a reverse color scheme (white containers with green lettering). == History == The company was founded 1 September 1968 by the chairman of the company, billionaire Dr. Yung-Fa Chang. Services began with a single cargo vessel named ''Central Trust'', which operated a "go-anywhere" service. A second vessel was added in 1969, and used on Middle East services.〔 Additional vessels were acquired through the 1970s, and routes to East Asia and Central America were added.〔 Service to the U.S. began in 1974, with the establishment of Evergreen Marine Corporation (New York) Ltd.〔 In 1981, the parent company changed its name to Evergreen International S.A. (EIS), as the company increased its global expansion efforts.〔 Evergreen Marine began its first circumnavigation shipping services in 1984. This service is bi-directional, covering both westbound and eastbound routings. Since then, Evergreen Marine has expanded to include other shipping companies such as the Uniglory Marine Corp. (Taiwan) in 1984, the Hatsu Marine Ltd. (U.K.) in 2002, and the Italian shipping company Italia Marittima (previously Lloyd Triestino, and founded as "Österreichischer Lloyd" in 1835) in 1993. Uniglory was made a division of the company in 1999.〔 Evergreen Marine has also become a partner of EVA Airways, founded in 1989, and Uni Air, founded in 1998. In 2002, Evergreen Marine operated 61 container vessels, with a total fleet size totaling 130 vessels with 400,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units).〔 By 2008, Evergreen Marine operated 178 container vessels.〔(Taiwan's Evergreen Marine to build 100 container ships )〕 In 2009, the company announced plans to build 100 additional vessels, in anticipation of a global economic recovery by 2012.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evergreen Marine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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