Container owner code (BIC)
EMCU container tracking
Registered to Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.
EMCU is a container owner code (BIC code) registered to Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., the parent of the Evergreen Line shipping companies. EMCU boxes account for 14% of the container loads on the Evergreen Bills of Lading bexy tracks: 197,821 container loads on 159,784 shipments, 135,528 different boxes, the most recent loaded on board Oct 19, 2026.
Enter the full number, e.g. EMCU8663476: four letters and seven digits.
- Tracked B/Ls carrying it
- 159,784
- Container loads
- 197,821
- Distinct boxes
- 135,528
- Share of all loads
- 14%
Registered owner
Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.
the parent of the Evergreen Line shipping companies.
EMCU in the BIC register (checked Oct 7, 2026)An EMCU container number is the owner code EMC and the category letter U, which marks a freight container under ISO 6346, followed by a six-digit serial number and a check digit computed from the ten characters before it, for example EMCU8663476.
By the size and type Evergreen records for each box, 58% of the EMCU boxes on record are 40'(SH) hi-cube steel dry cargo containers, 19% are 40'(RH) hi-cube refrigerated containers and 18% are 20'(SD) steel dry cargo containers.
34% of the 135,528 EMCU boxes (46,677) appear on more than one of the Bills of Lading bexy holds: a container keeps its number for life and is reused shipment after shipment.
EMCU boxes travel most on the China to United States trade lane, where they are 14% of the container loads, then China to Netherlands (14%) and China to Malaysia (15%).
Track an EMCU container on bexy by its full number: the search on bexy opens the latest voyage bexy holds for it, or asks Evergreen's tracking for the Bill of Lading the container travels on now, with the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status, free and with no account needed. bexy tracks Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading only.
EMCU boxes by size and type
| Size/type | What it is | Boxes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'(SH) | hi-cube steel dry cargo container | 78,940 | 58% |
| 40'(RH) | hi-cube refrigerated container | 25,269 | 19% |
| 20'(SD) | steel dry cargo container | 23,827 | 18% |
| 45'(SH) | hi-cube steel dry cargo container | 2,304 | 2% |
| 40'(QO) | — | 1,286 | <1% |
| 40'(SD) | steel dry cargo container | 1,062 | <1% |
| 40'(FH) | — | 950 | <1% |
| 20'(RS) | standard-height refrigerated container | 693 | <1% |
| 20'(FC) | collapsible-end flat rack container | 457 | <1% |
| 20'(FO) | full-height open-top container | 450 | <1% |
| 40'(FO) | full-height open-top container | 134 | <1% |
| 40'(FC) | collapsible-end flat rack container | 58 | <1% |
| 40'(HG) | — | 56 | <1% |
| 20'(SG) | — | 35 | <1% |
| 40'(SG) | — | 7 | <1% |
Evergreen's notation: length in feet, then its own type code. Codes Evergreen does not explain are shown as recorded.34% of the boxes appear on more than one of the Bills of Lading bexy holds.
Trade lanes where EMCU travels most
By place of receipt and delivery: EMCU container loads on each lane, and their share of all the lane's container loads.
Where EMCU boxes are loaded
Recent shipments with EMCU containers
- EMCU8663476 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EMCU8511616 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EMCU8872075 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EMCU8955436 · Shanghai → Algiers
- EMCU1777815 · Rizhao → Davao2×
- EMCU8060596 · Shanghai → Gdansk
- EMCU6113362 · Shanghai → Kaohsiung5×
- EMCU6551712 · Shekou → Osaka
- EMCU1833987 · Qingdao → Caldera → San Jose2×
- EMCU6556479 · Shekou → Osaka2×
- EMCU6563586 · Qingdao → Hong Kong6×
- EMCU4014870 · Qingdao → Laem Chabang
Frequently asked questions
- Who owns EMCU containers?
- The BIC register (bic-code.org) lists EMCU as registered to Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., the parent of the Evergreen Line shipping companies. An owner code names the company that owns the box, which need not be the line carrying it on a given voyage; the figures here come from the Evergreen Bills of Lading bexy tracks.
- How do I track an EMCU container?
- Track an EMCU container on bexy by its full number: the search on bexy opens the latest voyage bexy holds for it, or asks Evergreen's tracking for the Bill of Lading the container travels on now, with the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status, free and with no account needed. bexy tracks Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading only.
- What does the U in EMCU mean?
- It is the equipment category identifier of ISO 6346: U marks a freight container, J detachable freight-container equipment and Z a trailer or chassis. The three letters before it, EMC, are the owner code registered with the Bureau International des Containers (BIC).
- What sizes are EMCU containers?
- By the size and type Evergreen records for each box, 58% of the EMCU boxes on record are 40'(SH) hi-cube steel dry cargo containers, 19% are 40'(RH) hi-cube refrigerated containers and 18% are 20'(SD) steel dry cargo containers. Sizes are Evergreen's notation: the length in feet, then its own type code.
- How many EMCU containers does bexy track?
- bexy has 135,528 different EMCU boxes on record: 197,821 container loads on 159,784 Evergreen Bills of Lading, the most recent loaded on board Oct 19, 2026. These are the boxes on the Bills of Lading bexy holds, not the size of the owner's fleet.
- Is EMCU a Bill of Lading number prefix?
- No. EMCU identifies a container's owner; Evergreen Bill of Lading numbers start with EGLV. One Bill of Lading can list containers of several owners, Evergreen's and container lessors' alike.
Other Evergreen owner codes
Aggregated from the containers on 159,784 tracked Evergreen Bills of Lading: one load is one container on one Bill of Lading · 135,528 distinct container numbers · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "EMCU Container Tracking — Evergreen Owner Code", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 159,784 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/containers/emcuDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.