Evergreen to try Bolero for size

NEWS One of the world's largest containership operators, Evergreen Marine Corporation, announced today it will join global trade network bolero.net. The distributor claims it wants to make traditional shipping documents a "thing of the past". Evergreen runs a fleet of 118 ships between 68 countries in Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and the Americas. George Hsu, vice chairman of Evergreen, said in a statement: "The maritime business is becoming ever more competitive. By introducing bolero.net throughout our worldwide operations, and using it as the platform on which to build further value-added services, we will be able to maintain its leadership position in the global trade arena into the new Millennium." Bolero.net launched in September last year (see 'Bolero.net unveiled today' http://www.silicon.com/a32994 ).