Taiwanese container line Evergreen has fallen to a loss in the third quarter in tough containership markets.

Against a background of falling rates and owners laying up vessels, the company said its net deficit to 30 September was TWD 2.56bn ($78.35m), down from a profit of TWD 2.47bn in the same period of 2014.

Revenue dropped to TWD 33.03bn against TWD 37.59bn,