Evergreen Marine, a Taiwanese company which is the world’s fourth largest cargo shipping company, has informed Burma Campaign UK that it will no longer use the Burmese military-owned Hteedan Port Terminal in Yangon, reports Hellenic Shipping News.
The company has now been removed from Burma Campaign UK’s ‘Dirty List’ of companies linked to the Burmese military or human rights violations in Burma.
“The decision by Evergreen to stop using military-owned ports is very welcome and is one less source of revenue for the military,” said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK. “Evergreen are a huge and market leading shipping company which now refuse to use Burmese military-owned ports. Any shipping company using military ports is helping to fund human rights violations by the Burmese military.”