Evergreen Group has ordered ten 2,800 TEU class B-type vessels with[ds_preview] CSBC Corporation, Taiwan. The first ship will be delivered during the second half of 2017 with the completion of the series in the first half of 2018. The vessels are planned to be deployed in the intra-Asia trade, since ASEAN countries Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand are expected to remove trade barriers, enhancing bilateral trades and thereby boosting regional cargo growth. Evergreen’s B-type vessels will be 211 m long, 32.8 m wide with a draft of 10 m. They are designed to load 13 rows of containers on deck. The hull design is wider in comparison to similar ships and enables the ships to navigate in shallower ports encountered in the intra-Asia trade and to enhance their cargo carrying capability. The ships will be equipped with CSBC’s Sea-Sword Bow (SSB) technology which should reduce fuel consumption by around 10% compared to traditional bow designs.
