Container prefixes

Evergreen container owner codes

The first four letters of a container number name the company that owns the box: an owner code registered with the Bureau International des Containers (BIC), plus U for a freight container. These are the codes of Evergreen Group companies, with how often each travels on the Evergreen Bills of Lading bexy tracks.

EGSUEvergreen Marine (Asia) Pte. Ltd. 164,167 boxes 159,641 B/Ls 15% of all loadsmost often 40'(SH)EITUGaining Enterprise S.A. 141,913 boxes 161,731 B/Ls 15% of all loadsmost often 40'(SH)EMCUEvergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. 135,528 boxes 159,784 B/Ls 14% of all loadsmost often 40'(SH)EGHUEvergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd. 120,337 boxes 144,739 B/Ls 13% of all loadsmost often 40'(SH)EISUEvergreen International S.A. 36,706 boxes 48,164 B/Ls 4% of all loadsmost often 40'(SH)HMCUEvergreen Marine (UK) Limited 3,906 boxes 4,799 B/Ls <1% of all loadsmost often 40'(SH)

Evergreen Group owner codes in the BIC register

Code	Registered to	Page
EGHU	Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd., a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp.	EGHU containers
EGSU	Evergreen Marine (Asia) Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp.	EGSU containers
EMCU	Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., the parent of the Evergreen Line shipping companies	EMCU containers
EISU	Evergreen International S.A., the Evergreen Group holding company in Panama	EISU containers
EITU	Gaining Enterprise S.A., a subsidiary of Evergreen International Storage & Transport Corp., an Evergreen Group company	EITU containers
HMCU	Evergreen Marine (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp., known as Hatsu Marine Limited until 2007	HMCU containers
IMTU	Italia Marittima S.p.A., a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp., formerly Lloyd Triestino	no page yet
LTIU	Italia Marittima S.p.A., a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp., formerly Lloyd Triestino	no page yet
UGMU	Greencompass Marine S.A., a Panama subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp.	no page yet
EGMU	Evergreen Marine (Asia) Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp.	no page yet
EVGU	Evergreen Marine (Asia) Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp.	no page yet
EMEU	Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., the parent of the Evergreen Line shipping companies	no page yet

Registered companies as the BIC register (bic-code.org) lists them, checked Oct 7, 2026. Boxes from container lessors, which also travel on Evergreen Bills of Lading, carry their own owners' codes.

A code has a page once at least 100 tracked Evergreen Bills of Lading carry it, one of them loaded on board in the last 365 days, and one of its lanes or ports has a page of its own. Check a number's check digit with the container number checker · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.