Evergreen challenges South Korea's cartel claims as court seeks company-specific proof
By Jenny Lee ( May 22, 2026, 04:53 GMT | Insight) -- Evergreen Marine challenged South Korea’s antitrust regulator at a remand hearing on Thursday to show concrete evidence that the carrier itself joined a long-running shipping cartel, as appellate judges repeatedly pressed the Korea Fair Trade Commission to separate company-specific proof from broader allegations involving the liner-shipping industry. The hearing before the Seoul High Court marked one of the clearest signs yet that the retrial is evolving into a narrower dispute over Evergreen’s actual participation in the alleged collusion, after the Supreme Court earlier this year overturned a lower appellate ruling in the carrier's favor and sent the case back for reconsideration.Evergreen Marine challenged South Korea’s antitrust regulator at a remand hearing on Thursday to show concrete evidence that the carrier itself joined a long-running shipping cartel, as appellate judges repeatedly pressed the Korea Fair Trade Commission, or KFTC, to separate company-specific proof from broader allegations involving the liner-shipping industry....
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