Container owner code (BIC)
HMCU container tracking
Registered to Evergreen Marine (UK) Limited
HMCU is a container owner code (BIC code) registered to Evergreen Marine (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp., known as Hatsu Marine Limited until 2007. HMCU boxes account for fewer than 1% of the container loads on the Evergreen Bills of Lading bexy tracks: 4,936 container loads on 4,799 shipments, 3,906 different boxes, the most recent loaded on board Oct 5, 2026.
Enter the full number, e.g. HMCU9146320: four letters and seven digits.
- Tracked B/Ls carrying it
- 4,799
- Container loads
- 4,936
- Distinct boxes
- 3,906
- Share of all loads
- <1%
Registered owner
Evergreen Marine (UK) Limited
a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp., known as Hatsu Marine Limited until 2007.
HMCU in the BIC register (checked Oct 7, 2026)An HMCU container number is the owner code HMC 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 HMCU9146320.
By the size and type Evergreen records for each box, 59% of the HMCU boxes on record are 40'(SH) hi-cube steel dry cargo containers, 27% are 40'(SD) steel dry cargo containers and 13% are 20'(SD) steel dry cargo containers.
20% of the 3,906 HMCU boxes (791) 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.
HMCU boxes travel most on the China to United States trade lane, where they are fewer than 1% of the container loads, then China to Netherlands (fewer than 1%) and China to Germany (fewer than 1%).
Track an HMCU 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.
HMCU boxes by size and type
| Size/type | What it is | Boxes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'(SH) | hi-cube steel dry cargo container | 2,320 | 59% |
| 40'(SD) | steel dry cargo container | 1,059 | 27% |
| 20'(SD) | steel dry cargo container | 513 | 13% |
| 40'(SG) | — | 11 | <1% |
| 40'(HG) | — | 2 | <1% |
| 40'(FO) | full-height open-top container | 1 | <1% |
Evergreen's notation: length in feet, then its own type code. Codes Evergreen does not explain are shown as recorded.20% of the boxes appear on more than one of the Bills of Lading bexy holds.
Trade lanes where HMCU travels most
By place of receipt and delivery: HMCU container loads on each lane, and their share of all the lane's container loads.
Where HMCU boxes are loaded
Recent shipments with HMCU containers
- HMCU9146320 · Shanghai → Savannah
- HMCU9189765 · Shanghai → Felixstowe
- HMCU9166230 · Shanghai → Karachi
- HMCU9150146 · Shanghai → Hamburg
- HMCU1103390 · Qingdao → Le Havre
- HMCU9226046 · Qingdao → Mombasa
- HMCU9198710 · Shanghai → Los Angeles → Plainfield
- HMCU9199850 · Qingdao → Le Havre2×
- HMCU9147815 · Shanghai → Tunis
- HMCU9191119 · Qingdao → Algiers
- HMCU1108860 · Qingdao → Savannah
- HMCU9162893 · Qingdao → Nhava Sheva
Frequently asked questions
- Who owns HMCU containers?
- The BIC register (bic-code.org) lists HMCU as registered to Evergreen Marine (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corp., known as Hatsu Marine Limited until 2007. 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 HMCU container?
- Track an HMCU 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 HMCU 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, HMC, are the owner code registered with the Bureau International des Containers (BIC).
- What sizes are HMCU containers?
- By the size and type Evergreen records for each box, 59% of the HMCU boxes on record are 40'(SH) hi-cube steel dry cargo containers, 27% are 40'(SD) steel dry cargo containers and 13% are 20'(SD) steel dry cargo containers. Sizes are Evergreen's notation: the length in feet, then its own type code.
- How many HMCU containers does bexy track?
- bexy has 3,906 different HMCU boxes on record: 4,936 container loads on 4,799 Evergreen Bills of Lading, the most recent loaded on board Oct 5, 2026. These are the boxes on the Bills of Lading bexy holds, not the size of the owner's fleet.
- Is HMCU a Bill of Lading number prefix?
- No. HMCU 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 4,799 tracked Evergreen Bills of Lading: one load is one container on one Bill of Lading · 3,906 distinct container numbers · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "HMCU Container Tracking — Evergreen Owner Code", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 4,799 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/containers/hmcuDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.