Evergreen Marine has signed up to the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI).

The leading boxship owner and operator — the key company under the umbrella of Taiwan's Evergreen Line — has joined 11 shipowners that are promising full disclosure on shiprecycling.

The Taipei-based company's adherence to the scheme is seen as a bid to improve its ship-scrapping image after problems with the sale of some of its older containerships.