Ever Safety hits the water in Japan

Ever Safety, the ninth of ten 7024TEU S-series vessels being built for Evergreen in Japan, was launched on 5 June at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Kobe shipyard. She was named by S S Lin (Lin Sun-san), Second Vice Group Chairman of the Evergreen Group, while the ceremonial rope cutting, sending the ship down the slipway, was performed by Mrs. Shigemi Matsuda, the wife of Akira Matsuda, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of the Marubeni Corporation.