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TO MEET BOOMING MARKET NEEDS, EVERGREEN AND CHINA SHIPPING TO LAUNCH NEW TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE

News Release Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. (Head Office) May 28, 2010
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">TAIPEI, TAIWAN </SPAN>(May 26,
2010)--Evergreen and China Shipping will commence a new transpacific service
later this month linking Los Angeles and Oakland with central and northern China
to be called the China/South U.S. West Coast Service 2 (CPS2).This additional
service is in response to the booming Asia/U.S. market.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>The port
rotation is Oakland, Los Angeles, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Oakland. The CPS2
service will initially deploy five 4,000-TEU vessels by Evergreen Line and China
Shipping. Round-trip transit time will be 35 days. <BR>&nbsp;<BR>The first
vessel to depart will be 'EVER DEVELOP' from Qingdao on May 29 and expected to
arrive in Oakland on June 13. <BR>&nbsp;<BR>Evergreen is already involved in the
original CPS service via a slot charter agreement with China Shipping Container
Lines (CSCL) on its Asia America Central (AAC) service. Ports on the CPS2
service are covered by the AAC/CPS service.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>