Mv. Toledo Triumph makes maiden port call

Evergreen Line vessel Mv. Toledo Triumph with a capacity of 14,000 TEUS made her maiden call at Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) on 10 July.

In commemoration of the maiden voyage of Mv. Toledo Triumph to Colombo, CICT CEO Ray Ren presented a plaque to the Master of the vessel. 

From left: Head of Operations Ajantha Samarakoon, CICT Head of Marketing and Commercial Catriona Jayasundera, Hemas Maritime Executive Director Preethilal Fernando, Evergreen Line Representative Capt. C. J. Lee, Master of Mv. Toledo Triumph Capt. Gim Chan Gon, Vice President Chathura Nissanka, CICT CEO Ray Ren, Head of Commercial and Finance Mushin Kitchilan 

Mv. Toledo Triumph is the second vessel delivered in June 2017 by the Shoei Kisen shipyard in Japan to Evergreen Line which vessel is presently deployed in the Far-East/Europe Trade using Colombo Portas the Transshipment Hub in the ISC Region. 

Preethilal Fernando, Executive Director of Hemas Maritime Ltd., agents for Evergreen Line, said that the Evergreen Group established Evergreen Marine Corporation (EMC) by the Chairman of the company Dr. Yung Fa Chang on 1 September 1968 and today regarded to be one of the largest cargo shipping companies in the world, ranked as the sixth largest shipping company in the world.

Evergreen Line commenced its operations to Sri Lanka in the year 1986 and today the third largest mainline carrier to the port of Colombo. 

Currently Evergreen Line operates 17 services to Colombo and EMC is a consortium partner of Ocean Alliance. Mv. Toledo Triumph is second T-Type vessel out of the 10 new vessels to be delivered during 2016 and 2017 under its fleet renewal program and has signed charter agreements with both Costamare and Shoei Kisen Kaisha in Japan. EMC operates one of the largest container fleets in the world with a fleet of 194 container ships with a capacity of over 1 million TEUS (Twenty-foot equivalent units) and call at 240 ports worldwide in 80 different countries.

Colombo has been established as one of the key Transshipment Hub for Evergreen Line and EMC has been consistent in expanding its services to Colombo during past 30 years since the commencement of their services to Colombo in year 1986.  

The Mv. Toledo Triumph with DWT 146,792tons 365.94 meters in length, 51.20 meters wide and design draft of 15.52 meters and designed to load 20 rows containers on deck.