Evergreen
Container Tracking
"Evergreen Line" is a joint-service brand covering six separate companies, which is why its boxes carry eight different prefixes across five countries. Enter a container, bill of lading or booking number for the latest milestones.
What a Evergreen tracking number looks like
The lookup above accepts any of these in the same field. If one returns nothing, try another. Carriers release milestone data against different identifiers at different stages.
Container number
4 letters + 7 digits (11 characters)
EISU1234567This example is Evergreen's own, printed on its ShipmentLink tracking page. Eight owner codes are registered across the Evergreen group companies.
Bill of lading number
12 digits
012345678900One of only two carrier-documented B/L formats in the industry: Evergreen prints this example itself. No letter prefix.
Booking number
12 digits
012345678900Evergreen warns on its own portal that booking-number tracing is available for specific countries and areas only. If a booking search returns nothing, try the container or B/L number instead.
Evergreen container prefixes
These owner codes are registered to Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. in the BIC ISO 6346 register. Containers moving under a Evergreen booking may also carry a leasing company's prefix. A leased box is still your shipment, the prefix just does not identify the carrier.
How to track a Evergreen shipment
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Find your container or BL number
It is printed on your bill of lading, your booking confirmation, or on the container door itself. Any of the three works in the search box above.
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Evergreen is already selected
Because you are on the Evergreen page, the carrier dropdown is filled in for you. If you actually need a different line, change it. The selection is not locked.
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Enter the number and press Track
Type it exactly as printed. Spaces and dashes are fine, but a mistyped letter will return nothing, since the check digit at the end only validates against the correct serial.
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Read the milestone timeline
You will see terminal and vessel events from origin gate-in through to empty return, plus the vessel and voyage your box is actually on.
You can also check Evergreen's own portal directly at Evergreen cargo tracking . The advantage of tracking here is keeping several carriers on one screen instead of one portal per line.
About Evergreen
Evergreen was founded in Taiwan in 1968 by Chang Yung-fa, starting with a single secondhand cargo ship. It became one of the defining container lines of the 1980s and remains a major force on the Transpacific and Asia–Europe trades as part of the Ocean Alliance.
The structure is unusual and worth understanding. “Evergreen Line” is not a company. It is a joint-service brand under which six separate legal entities market their capacity together: Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan), Evergreen Marine (UK), Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong), Evergreen Marine (Asia) in Singapore, Greencompass Marine in Panama, and Italia Marittima in Italy. Each owns containers in its own name, which is why Evergreen has eight registered prefixes when most carriers have one or two.
Evergreen is also, usefully, the most transparent major carrier about its own number formats. Its ShipmentLink tracking page prints worked examples for container, bill of lading and booking numbers, and states plainly where booking tracing does not work. Almost no other line does this.
Evergreen tracking: what to check first
Your booking number may simply not be traceable. Evergreen states on its own portal that tracing by booking number works for specific countries and areas only. This catches people out badly, because a booking number that returns nothing looks like a data problem rather than a documented restriction. If you are outside a supported area, the container number and the bill of lading number both work, so use one of those.
The B/L is twelve digits and has no letters. Evergreen documents this itself. If what you are holding starts with four letters, you are reading a container number, not the bill of lading.
The prefix belongs to a different Evergreen company. EMCU, EISU, EGHU, EGSU, HMCU, UGMU, IMTU and LTIU are all Evergreen group codes registered in Taiwan, Panama, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and Italy. A box stencilled IMTU is an Italia Marittima container moving as Evergreen. It is not a different carrier.
One code to be careful with: UGLU looks like Evergreen’s Uniglory subsidiary but is registered to Uniglobal Shipping in Hong Kong, an unrelated company.
Evergreen’s intra-Asia network feeds its deep-sea services through Taiwanese and Southeast Asian hubs, so Pakistani imports generally involve a transshipment leg and a corresponding quiet stretch in the timeline.
What each Evergreen tracking status means
Ocean carriers share the same terminal and vessel event vocabulary, so these milestones read the same whichever line you are tracking.
Gate in
The container passed through the terminal gate at the origin port and is now in the terminal's custody, waiting to be loaded.
Loaded on vessel
The box was lifted onto the ship. This is the milestone that fixes your shipment to a specific vessel and voyage number.
Vessel departure
The ship has sailed from the origin port. Transit time is measured from here, and it is the point most ETA calculations are anchored to.
Transshipment
The container was discharged at an intermediate hub and will be reloaded onto a second vessel. Most delays originate here rather than at origin.
Discharged
The container came off the ship at the destination port. Free time and demurrage clocks typically start from this event.
Gate out
The container left the terminal on a truck or rail wagon. Once this fires, the terminal's storage charges stop and the haulier's clock starts.
Empty return
The unpacked container was returned to the carrier's nominated depot. This closes the shipment and stops any per-diem detention charges.
Where Evergreen shipments usually move
Evergreen tracking questions
Why do Evergreen containers have so many different prefixes?
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Because "Evergreen Line" is a joint-service brand rather than a single company. It covers Evergreen Marine Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and UK, plus Greencompass Marine and Italia Marittima. Each is a separate legal entity with its own BIC registration, which is how one carrier ends up with eight owner codes across five countries.
What does an Evergreen bill of lading number look like?
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Twelve digits with no letter prefix, as in 012345678900. This is one of the very few B/L formats a carrier actually documents. Evergreen prints the example on its own ShipmentLink tracking page, so unlike most lines you can check the shape before searching.
Why does my Evergreen booking number return nothing?
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Evergreen states on its own portal that tracing by booking number is available for specific countries and areas only. This is a real restriction, not a fault. Use the container number or the bill of lading number instead; both work everywhere.
Which container prefixes does Evergreen use?
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EMCU for Evergreen Marine Taiwan, EISU for Evergreen International, EGHU for Hong Kong, EGSU for Evergreen Marine Asia, HMCU for the UK entity, UGMU for Greencompass Marine, and IMTU and LTIU for Italia Marittima.
Is EITU an Evergreen prefix?
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It is registered to Gaining Enterprise S.A. in Panama, with no website on file. It is widely listed as Evergreen and probably is affiliated, but the corporate link could not be confirmed, so we do not list it as an Evergreen code.
What is Evergreen's SCAC code?
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EGLV. Note that EGLV is a SCAC only: it is not registered as a container owner code, so a number beginning EGLV is a booking or filing reference rather than a box.
Does Maalbardaar charge for Evergreen tracking?
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No. Tracking is included with a free Maalbardaar account, which also lets you keep shipments across several carriers on one dashboard instead of checking each carrier's portal separately.
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Maalbardaar is an independent logistics technology platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd.. "Evergreen" and all related marks are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here for identification purposes only. For official information, visit the carrier's own website . Carrier data sources: Prefixes confirmed individually against the BIC ISO 6346 owner-code register, spread across Evergreen Marine Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Greencompass Marine and Italia Marittima. Number formats and the booking-tracking caveat read directly from Evergreen's own ShipmentLink tracking page. EITU is deliberately excluded: it is registered to Gaining Enterprise S.A. and the Evergreen link could not be confirmed.