Source of this article: Times Finance Author: He Mingliang
Picture source: Evergreen Sea Transport official website
On November 8, Hurun Research Institute released the "2022 Hengchang Shaofang·Hurun Rich List" (hereinafter referred to as "Rich List"). Haihua Industry appeared in its fresh faces. Evergreen Group Zhang Guohua family ranked 135th with a wealth of 35.5 billion yuan, and is the "most powerful newcomer" to enter the Rich List for the first time this year.
Affected by the hot global shipping market in 2021, the performance of Evergreen Group's Evergreen Shipping has continued to hit new highs. At the end of last year, Evergreen Shipping generously distributed 40 months of year-end bonuses to employees, which made the outside world envious.
Evergreen Shipping General Manager Xie Huiquan laughed at the annual performance briefing, "I can tell you that I sleep well and will laugh when dreaming!"
gives employees a 40-month year-end bonus
China Taiwan Shipowner Evergreen Group Zhang Guohua's family made the Hurun Rich List for the first time, ranking 135th with a wealth of 35.5 billion yuan.
According to the official website of Hurun Research Institute, there are 133 "newcomers" on this Rich List, which is the least in the past decade. In the "most difficult" class, the Zhang Guohua family ranks the highest among the newcomers.
Zhang Guohua is 67 years old, and this time he is on the list may be attributed to the popularity of the shipping industry.
In 2021, with the continued global port blockage situation and the supply and demand in the sea freight market, sea freight costs continued to hit new highs, and Evergreen Hai Opera's net profit rose sharply.
financial report shows that in 2021, Evergreen Hai's operating revenue reached NT$489.407 billion (approximately RMB 110.841 billion), and increased by 136.34% year-on-year compared with ; net profit soared nearly 9 times compared with 2020, reaching NT$263.11 billion (approximately RMB 59.589 billion).
Evergreen Shipping General Manager Xie Huiquan said at the annual performance briefing, "I can tell you that I sleep well and I will laugh when dreaming!"
In the first three quarters of this year, Evergreen Shipping profit continued to set a new record. According to the financial report, its after-tax net profit in the first three quarters was NT$304.35 billion (approximately RMB 68.929 billion), an increase of about 72% year-on-year, while the gross profit margin during the same period was as high as 68.36%.
performance exploded, and employee benefits are naturally indispensable.
At the end of last year, there was news that the company would issue high year-end bonuses for 10 or 20 months, but no one expected Evergreen Shipping to "release the big move" - directly sending it for 40 months.
December 30, 2021, the last working day of Taiwan, China, Evergreen Shipping’s year-end bonus was received, and many employees exclaimed, “I have never seen so much money” and “Have you read it wrong?” According to media statistics, if an employee's basic salary of NT$60,000 (about RMB 13,600), the year-end bonus will exceed 2 million (about RMB 453,000).
According to media quoted the senior management of Evergreen Shipping, "Although it seems like a lot of shipping for 40 months at a time, shipping in the past 10 years is not good, and the year-end bonus is even less than Evergreen Airlines . Compared with the financial industry, it has been fixed for more than 4 months every year. Everyone has suffered for 10 years. In the past two years, it is equivalent to giving employees a fairness."
most prosperous stage of shipping may no longer be
However, it is worth noting that the most prosperous stage of shipping in the collective transportation market may have passed.
Shanghai Export Container Freight Index (SCFI) has the highest record in history at 5109.6 points on January 14 this year, and then it has plummeted all the way. By November 4 this year, the latest data has dropped to 1579.21 points, down nearly 70%.
At the same time, Evergreen Shipping's profit in the third quarter of this year has also declined compared with the previous two months. Xie Huiquan said that after three years of craziest sea transportation market, any passion will always return to normal. He has a relatively conservative view of the market in 2023, but is not pessimistic.
Times Finance learned that Evergreen Group was founded in Taiwan, China by Zhang Rongfa in 1968. After more than 50 years of ups and downs, Evergreen Shipping has now become the largest container shipping company in Taiwan, China and the sixth largest in the world. The latest data from
Alphaliner shows that Evergreen Shipping currently operates a fleet of 206 ships, with a total capacity of 1.6326 million TEU, accounting for 6.3% of global capacity.
From the perspective of global shipping pattern, Evergreen Shipping has joined the OCEAN Alliance among the three major shipping alliances. Other members of the alliance include France's Dafeisteel, as well as COSCO Shipping's integrated transportation in mainland China, and Oriental Overseas acquired by COSCO Shipping .
It is worth mentioning that since the death of Zhang Rongfa, the founder of Evergreen Group, the dispute over the control of the company has also become fierce.
Around September this year, Zhang Guohua and his brother Zhang Guozheng reached a consensus to dissolve the two major holding companies under Evergreen Group (Panama Evergreen International and Evergreen International). The group may diverge in the future.
