There is a more discreet approach. But at least, it is in the whole world that his name shines. Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen is responsible for blocking the Suez Canal occurred on March 23, 2021. Or at least the building operator. It is on his account that for five days a container ship named Ever Given ran aground at kilometer 51, blocking no less than 422 boats and a world economy.
Everything seems very quickly to have been forgotten for the company which achieved, the following year, a colossal turnover. It has tripled compared to 2020. Evergreen is one of those rare companies in the sector to ride the wave, easily coping with inflation and rising commodity prices. It must be said that it has been one of the main beneficiaries of the post-pandemic boom.
A satellite image of the container ship, in March 2021 © Copernicus Program / Sentinel-2
The employees of the company will be able to benefit from it. And for some, it’s not really a thirteenth month in question. As a result, a bonus ranging up to 4 years extra salary for some of them.
As of December 30, theEconomic Daily News of Taiwan thus spoke of salary supplements ranging up to $65,000. Bloomberg specifies that the amount of the bonuses depends both on the seniority of the workers and their place in the company. However, only contract employees based in Taiwan are included.
In France, the incentive bonus rarely exceeds 4000 euros. On average, for the 120 largest companies in our territory, it amounted to 2,543 euros. According to figures from Eres, the luxury sector and the banking sector remained the generous ones, with up to 4 months of salary paid to employees at BNP Paribas in 2018 and 10,330 euros paid to L’Oréal. In Europe, the most noticed record bonus was that of Porsche, for 9,700 euros.
The maritime transport sector
With its turnover of 20 billion dollars and its more than 200 vessels operating on its behalf, Evergreen is still a small player compared to MSC and Maersk, but far from being the least feared. In 2021, she ranked 7th company in the ranking. It seems far away, but in a market accounting for 80% of global freight transport and 70% of value in 2018, the scale is large.
MSC overtook Maersk at the start of the year thanks to a fleet that was admittedly smaller (655 boats against 734), but of much greater capacity. It is impossible, however, to compare the turnover, the status of a private company (not listed on the stock market) and what is more family-owned has always made MSC an ultra-discreet Swiss company.
