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26 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Reviving the name of Evergreen's very first full containership, Chang Kuo-Cheng (K C Chang), Evergreen Group's Vice Group Chairman, launched the 7,024 TEU Ever Spring in Kobe, Japan, on May 17. She is due for delivery in August 2006 and is sched- uled to enter service on the WAE pendu- lum service linking the West Coast of North America with Asia and Northern Europe. Ever Spring is the fifth in a series of ten S-types being built for the Evergreen Group by Mitsubishi. Three have already been delivered to the Evergreen Group's U.K. affiliate Hatsu Marine Ltd. and a fourth, Hatsu Smile, is due for delivery at the beginning of June. The Evergreen Group is taking deliv- ery of 18 large post-Panamax container- ships over the period 2005 to 2008 - ten S-types and eight 8,063 TEU C-types - allowing the Group companies to upgrade existing services and phase out older vessels. In July 1975, the previous Ever Spring inaugurated the company's first full container service when she sailed from Taiwan to the U.S. East Coast. The new S-type vessels are par- ticularly noteworthy in that they incor- porate many new environmental fea- tures that go well beyond the require- ments of new and soon-to-be-introduced international requirements. "We should not wait for legislation to be introduced," said Dr. Chang. "We should use the latest technology as soon as it is available so as to minimize the impact of container shipping operations both on marine life and on port commu- nities." The S-class ships incorporate a dou- ble-skinned hull and all fuel tanks have been located within the transverse bulk- head spaces, thus minimizing the risk of oil pollution or fire as a result of ground- ing or collision. A high capacity oily water separator enables the oil content of waste water to be reduced below 15 ppm while much larger separator bilge oil and bilge oil holding tanks provide more storage capacity than normal, enabling the vessels to avoid any dis- charge when sailing in sensitive areas and to maximize the amount of waste that can be held for ultimate disposal in specialized shore facilities. Similar arrangements have been made for handling sewage and so-called grey water, including water from the cargo hold bilges, when the vessels are in port or close to shore. The main engines and generators incorporate low NOx technology while the ships are also able to switch to low sulfur fuels when sailing in restricted areas such as the Baltic Sea. Cold-ironing, the ability to shut down all shipboard generators while in port, switching to shore-based electricity sup- plies, is also a feature of the S-class ves- sels. So far, only the Port of Los Angeles has initiated an Alternative Maritime Inventory Locator Service, ® LLC 1-800-233-3414 (North America) • 1-901-794-5000 (Worldwide) • 1-901-794-1760 (Fax) • ebusiness@ILSmart.com • www.ILSmart.com We’re proud to have kept Inter Seas Services and Trading GmbH steaming ahead. We thank them and all of our longstanding subscribers for letting us be a part of their success. “With ILS, we are able to compete with our biggest competitors without making huge investments.” “We signed up for the ILS e-marketplace because it offers us the exposure of advertising, along with the lead generation of an aggressive marketing campaign at a fraction of the cost. It pro- vides us with highly qualified leads and has introduced us to some significant customers that would never have known about us previously. With ILS, we are able to compete with our biggest competitors without making huge investments. The amount of business ILS has delivered is worth a ten-year subscription.” Ulrich Freudenberger, Managing Director at Inter Seas Services and Trading GmbH, NORDERSTEDT, GERMANY Ulrich Freudenberger and Maike Pabst, Managing Directors Circle 280 on Reader Service Card Circle 248 on Reader Service Card Mitsubishi Launches 7,024-TEU Ever Spring MR JUNE2006 #4 (25-32).qxd 6/2/2006 11:02 AM Page 26
