The Evergreens history

1972: Evergreen Marine Corporation (Japan) Ltd. is established in Tokyo.

At the same time, he augmented the expansion effort with Evergreen Transport Corporation, a trucking company that he started in 1973 to support Evergreen Marine's shipping operations.

Then, in 1974, Evergreen began offering service between East Asia and the United States East Coast--Evergreen opened a New York office in cooperation with a United States company and purchased four new vessels from a Japanese shipbuilder.

Evergreen Marine Corporation (New York) was established, followed by Evergreen Marine Corporation (California) in 1976.

1979: Evergreen Marine Corporation (U.K.) is established in London, later becoming the exclusive agent of Evergreen for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Not surprisingly, more extensive routes were developed, and a massive worldwide company headquarters was constructed in Taipei, Taiwan in 1986.

Beginning in 1988, Evergreen Marine Corp. entered a period of consolidation.

Evergreen's first hotel was the Evergreen Plaza Hotel, which opened in Hong Kong in 1991.

Barring complications, the planes would be in use by 1992, partnering for passenger and freight service with Cathay Pacific, Lufthansa, Japan Air Lines, and Singapore Airlines.

In 1994, Evergreen Marine Corporation received a quality award for service performance from several customers, including Olin Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales, Venture Stores, and Target Stores.

That brought the total number of ships operating in Evergreen Marine's fleet to 56 by 1995.

In 1997, to meet the growing needs of customers in the Philippines, Evergreen Philippines Corporation (EGP) was established in Manila.

In spite of a region-wide recession for Asian airlines, EVA Air posted an after tax profit of NT$62.59 million (US$1.94 million) in 1998.