Evergreen Marine will expand its container shipping services to Latin America and the Middle East over the next five years, as growth shifts from the US to secondary ocean trades, reported New York's Journal of Commerce.

The Taiwan-based carrier plans to increase vessel deployment on the Asia-Latin America trade and introduce 12,000-TEU ships on the Asia-West Coast South America route, said Wilson Chen, head of Evergreen's project division.

Additional capacity will be added between Europe and Mexico, and from Asia to the Caribbean. Evergreen's total fleet capacity is expected to grow 29 per cent to 2.5 million TEU by the end of 2029.

Figures from MDS Transmodal show Evergreen is the third-largest carrier on the China-Latin America trade, though its second-quarter capacity fell to 500,000 TEU from 513,000 TEU a year earlier.

In 2027, Evergreen will reinforce Middle East connections with Asia, India, East Africa and the Red Sea region. It will also expand links between central China and the Philippines.

A new North China-Indonesia-Manila service has launched, with calls at Dalian, Xingang, Surabaya and Jakarta. Larger 3,000-TEU ships will be deployed in the Caribbean Sea by 2030, alongside a broader Mediterranean network.

Despite expansion plans, Evergreen's operating revenue fell 13 per cent year over year to US$8.6 billion in the first eight months of 2025, including a 39 per cent drop in August, according to filings to the Taiwan stock exchange.