Evergren Line Awarded Prestigious Environmental Award

News Release Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. (Head Office) August 5, 2011

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EVERGREEN LINE AWARDED
PRESTIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARD  AT THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND
LONG BEACH     
 
Los
Angeles, CA (August 3, 2011)---The ports of Los
Angeles and Long Beach presented Evergreen Line with a 2011 Clean Air Action
Plan (CAAP) Air Quality Awards, an honor given to those taking extraordinary
measures to cut air emissions, modernize facilities and implement innovative
operations to reduce air pollution.
 
Evergreen
was the sole maritime recipient of the Air Quality Improvement Leadership at the
Corporate Level recognition. Now in their fourth year, the annual Air Quality
Awards were initiated shortly after the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
approved the landmark San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan in 2006.
 
Evergreen's
award was accepted by Jason Hsu, Deputy Senior Vice President of Evergreen
Shipping Agency (America), the carrier's North America agency.  "Evergreen
will continue our best effort to contribute to the environmental responsibility
of the industry as we have since our 1968 founding," said Mr. Hsu. "We are
grateful for this recognition."
 
Evergreen's
award was acknowledged by CAAP: "Evergreen Line, the ocean containership
division of Taiwan's Evergreen Group, has an established reputation for global
environmental stewardship. In 2003, the company incorporated new S-type
'Greenships' into its fleet, vessels that include low-sulfur fuel systems that
reduce SOx emissions and efficient hull designs that help lower fuel
consumption. These ships are also equipped to participate in the Port of Los
Angeles' Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) program," it added, "which allows
ships to plug into shore-side electric power while at berth, rather than running
diesel engines while docked." Since 2001, Evergreen Line has also participated
in the Port of Los Angeles' Vessel Speed Reduction program, in which vessels
voluntarily reduce speeds to lower emission output. Environmental leadership has
been a company policy since its founding in 1968.
 
Port
of Los Angeles Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D and Port of Long Beach
Executive Director Richard D. Steinke presented the award. "These partners have
shown a real commitment to cleaner and greener port operations, going above and
beyond what is required," said Dr. Knatz. "These awards highlight what can be
achieved when entities join forces and embrace innovation to better the
environment." 
 
"The
Clean Air Action Plan awards are a fantastic way to put a spotlight on the
oftentimes unheralded efforts of the goods movement industry to meet and exceed
air quality goals, and to invent a better way to cleaner air for everyone," said
Mr. Steinke. "We congratulate all of the winners."
 
Port
tenants and other organizations that serve the ports are eligible to be
nominated. The judging panel includes port staff, as well as representatives
from the South Coast Air Quality Management District, California Air Resources
Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The two other recipients of
the corporate award are Clean Truck Coalition, LLC and Ability/Tri-Modal
Transportation Services Inc.
 
The
landmark Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) was adopted by the ports of Los Angeles
and Long Beach in November 2006, with the aim of reducing port-related air
emissions by at least 45% in five years.  Achieving these CAAP emission
reduction goals will take continuing partnership and collaboration between the
ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, their tenants and other port operators.
 
Port
operators who are actively participating in the implementation of strategies to
meet the CAAP goals are making a remarkable contribution to the program's
success.  In addition, those port operators who go above and beyond meeting
CAAP requirements are bringing America's largest port complexcloser to realizing
the five-year emissions reduction goals. The CAAP Air Quality Excellence Awards
(CAAP Awards) Program recognizes exemplary efforts of port operators who go
beyond CAAP requirements and goals. 
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