DNV Taiwan has awarded Evergreen Marine Corp the ISO 9001:2000 certificate. Evergreen, which belongs to the Evergreen Group, is one of the largest container shipping companies in the world. Currently the Evergreen group's fleets have more than 140 container ships totalling over 400,000 TEU.

DNV has previously certified Evergreen's Seafarer Training & Simulator Centres in accordance with DNV's rules for Classification of Maritime Training Centres and the standard for certification of Maritime Simulators Systems and ISO 9001 standards.

In a statement Evergreen's president Arnold Wang says:
`Evergreen is delighted to have been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate and I would like to thank DNV for working with us to achieve this. Evergreen is committed to providing quality services to its customers, as well as to operating safe and environmentally responsible transportation services. While achievements such as the ISO certification show us that we are working in the right direction, we believe that the commitment to quality and safety is an ongoing one and we will therefore continue in our quest to find ways to improve our services.´