Evergreen assists in environmental study

Evergreen assists in environmental study    Evergreen Marine Corp. said its containerships are taking part in a project to measure and monitor the distribution of greenhouse gases in the Pacific Ocean.
   Ever Ultra is the first commercial marine vessel equipped to measure marine hydrocarbon and halocarbon emissions, and is part of an international Pacific Greenhouse Gases Measurement (PGGM) project. Eventually two other Evergreen ships will also participate in the project.
   Scientists at Taiwan’s National Central University with the cooperation of Evergreen Marine Corp., the National Science Council, the Environmental Protection Administration and the University of Cambridge initiated the project last year, which will also use data from Taiwan’s FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellite.
   “Striking a balance between providing transport services and being environmentally sensitive is not easy, but Evergreen’s strong sense of social responsibility will ensure that the company will seriously consider every possible way of minimizing the industry’s and its own global footprint. This will also enable its customers to develop greener supply chain systems,” said K.W. Nieh, an Evergreen Group spokesman.