EVERGREEN christens new

摘要

Evergreen Line recently christened the first of its new class of "greenships," the 8,452-TEU Ever Lambent at Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries. On hand for the christening was Evergreen Group Chairman and founder Dr. Change Yung-fa. The ceremonial rope cutting was performed by Mrs. Lee Yu-mei. The first L-type container-ship, Ever Lambent incorpo- rates the green technologies of the previous class of S-type box-ships, but also environmentally friendly features of S-series fleet, the L-type vessels are manufactured using high-tensile steel with designs of optimized hull form and minimum ballast water to save fuel consumption and cut carbon emissions. The ships are to be equipped with an electronic-controlled fuel injection engine, enabling energy-efficient navigation for slow steaming.