Every Lucky Comes to Baltimore December 23, 2020

This 334x45m (1096x148ft) Panama flagged container ship was built in 2014 by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea and owned by Evergreen Line according to BalticShipping.com.

This press release about this ship indicates that it is the 20th L-type ship built by Samsung Shipbuilding and concludes the order with them. A further 10 were ordered from Taiwan based CSBC Corporation for a total of 30 ships under Evergreen Group’s fleet renewal which started in 2010. This press release also indicates this ship can carry up to 8,452 TEU. According to this press release the L-type ships use the company’s “Greenship” concept which utilizes the latest technologies for ship construction and the vessels are equipped with environmental features to cut fuel consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Vessel Particulars page on Evergreen Line’s website indicates the Samsung built L-type ships also have 942 reefer plugs.

This 2014 Ships Monthly article shows that this is not Evergreen’s first ship with this name. The first was a breakbulk freighter built in 1957 as the Caledonia Maru then purchased after the company’s 1968 founding. The ship was sold for scrap in 1979.

Evergreen Lines won the Greenports award 2019 for the most eco-friendly fleet for the visits of this ship and the Ever Lifting (which I saw in Baltimore January 27, 2019).

This Wikipedia article lists all 30 L-type ships and also provides some additional interesting information. Starting in 2019 many of the ships were upgraded with changes including an exhaust scrubber system and raising the deck house and lashing bridges. The latter allows an increase in the number of containers from 8,452 to 9,466 TEU. This ship is one of those that had been upgraded. It is not clear if additional reefer plugs were added.

This video from 2018 shows her arriving in Southampton, UK. This would have been prior to her upgrades, see if you can spot the differences between her then and now.

In my 12 minute 4K video below she can be seen arriving on the Patapsco River as she heads for Baltimore Maryland as tugs Patrick McAllister and Bridget McAllister move into position to receive her. Patrick McAllister is seen making a hard turn to move alongside before a line is dropped to her from the ship. After passing under the Key Bridge tug Bridget McAllister is seen at the stern of Ever Lucky. In the final scene Patrick McAllister can be seen pushing hard against Ever Lucky to assist in making a sharp turn towards Seagirt Marine Terminal.

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