Evergreen Marine Corporation is a publicly traded enterprise listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, meaning its ownership is broadly distributed among individual shareholders, institutional investment funds, and corporate entities. It operates as the flagship maritime shipping cornerstone of the larger Evergreen Group conglomerate. The transport empire was originally founded by the late Taiwanese shipping magnate Chang Yung-fa, whose family and associated corporate foundations retain substantial influence and historical ties to the overarching corporate structure, while public market investors hold the remaining shares.