Evergreen Marine Corporation has designed the living quarters of its largest ships to look like cruise ships in order to give its seafarers the best living conditions to compensate for their long absences from their families.
The Taiwanese mainline operator has decorated the crewmen’s accommodation in its newest 24,000 TEU ships to create a semblance to the interiors of cruise ships.
An Evergreen spokesperson told Container News, “Evergreen upholds the corporate philosophy of ‘creating profits, caring for employees, and giving back to the society’. The idea of ‘caring for employees’ is pivotal to our shipbuilding designs and reflected in the comfortable environment on our container ships. As seafarers have to stay onboard vessels for long periods of time, we believe that pleasant accommodation can help them reduce fatigue, relieve stress and feel more at home.
“Starting with our commissioning of the 12,000 TEU class F-type vessels in 2018, we introduced a current youthful style of interior design with bright colours to create fresh and enjoyable living conditions for our crew. In addition to crew cabins where every seafarer has his or her own room, our accommodation offers a lounge, recreation room, reading area and a gym to enable all the crew to enjoy their leisure hours.”
A similar interior design style has also been adopted on Evergreen’s 24,000 TEU class A-type, 15,000 TEU class M-type and 2,500 TEU class O-type vessels.
The Taiwanese operator’s newbuildings employed on long-haul services, including A-type and M-type vessels feature enclosed bridge wings with window walls and floor windows that permit a good view along both sides of the vessel.
Evergreen’s ships built before 2018 feature a more classical and traditional interior, and as the design is deemed comfortable, there are no plans to overhaul the interior of these vessels.
Newbuildings, either on order or under construction, will have accommodation which follows a similar design style to the F-types and recently built vessels.
Evergreen’s spokesperson said the interiors of the crew accommodation is part of the company's efforts to attract and retain seafarers.
Martina Li
Asia Correspondent
