Evergreen Marine Corporation, the world’s seventh-largest container shipping company based in Taiwan, recently placed an order for 14 liquefied natural gas (LNG)-dual-fuel vessels, advancing its strategic fleet expansion and decarbonization initiatives.
According to Greek shipbroker Intermodal, the 14 14,000 TEU container ships ordered cost approximately $200 million each, representing a total investment of $2.8 billion. The order is split evenly between China’s Guangzhou Shipbuilding (GSI) and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), with delivery scheduled between 2028 and 2030.
This order continues Evergreen Marine’s ordering pattern since early 2025, when it invested $3 billion to order 11 24,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel large container ships. This order was also split between Chinese and Korean shipyards, with GSI building five of the vessels and Hanwha Ocean in South Korea constructing the remaining six.
The new order will bring Evergreen’s fleet capacity above 2 million TEU for the first time. The company is actively promoting the modernization of its fleet with alternative fuels as an important part of its operational decarbonization strategy. It has ordered methanol-fueled container ships in 2023 and 2024.