Ever-Legion

An Iranian official says Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp. has authorized one of its huge container ships to berth at Shahid Rajaei port in southern Iranian province of Hormozgan. Ebrahim Idani, director general of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Department, was quoted by Iranian media as saying on Tuesday that the fifth-generation container ship, Ever Legion, has started its journey from China’s Shanghai port and will call at various ports in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and the United Arab Emirates’ Jebel Ali Free Zone before berthing at Shahid Rajaei port, which is Iran's biggest container port. The official noted that the Taiwanese ship is 335 meters long with a draft of 14.5 meters and is scheduled to arrive at Shahid Rajaei port on August 5. Idani noted that the Evergreen shipping company called at Shahid Rajaei port since 2000, but its activities in Iran were stopped due to sanctions imposed on the country by the European Union and the United States over Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.

South Korea’ Samsung Heavy Industries on this past weekend delivered the 9,200 teu new-L-class vessel EVER LEGION, the 14th unit in a series of 20 identical sisters ordered in Korea by various related companies within the Evergreen Group between July and September of 2010. The ships are part of a wider series of 30 units, since Evergreen placed follow-up orders for ten identical sister ships at CSBC Kaohsiung in May 2011. full story: http://linervision.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/samsung-delivers-ever-legion-9200-teu-the-14th-new-l-type-for-evergreen/