Dear Valued Customers,

Hope you are safe and best of health!

Evergreen Marine Corp. had received a notice from the shipowner of EVER GIVEN that the chartered vessel ran aground in Canal at around 8 am local time on March 23, 2021. This accident occurred at 6 nautical miles from the southern entry of the Canal as the proceeded northbound through the waterway from the Red Sea. Gusty winds of 30 knots caused the container ship to deviate, suspected leading to the grounding.

Evergreen has urged the shipowner to investigate the cause of this accident and work closely with Authority and related agencies to re-float the stranded ship as soon as possible. EVER GIVEN is a 20,000 TEU-class container ship, currently leased by Evergreen Marine Corp. under a time charter agreement with the crew hired by the shipowner. The ship is currently deployed on a Far East-Europe service route.

A few of Schenker containers are along onboard but none of them pertains to our customers in India. Currently, the route is blocked, and ships are in queue to pass.

If you need specific information on this topic kindly contact the relevant person or feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any kind of support and assistance. We will keep you posted as and when we receive further updates.

Relevant Contact for the news:

Suresh Kumar Kannappan Chief Commercial Officer (Cluster ISC) Email: [email protected]

Yours sincerely, Marketing & Communications India Schenker India Pvt. Ltd. Phone + 91 124 4645 000 www.dbschenker.com/in [email protected]