![]() ![]() This article was amended on 6 April 2022 to remove an incorrect reference to the Ever Forward and Ever Given being “sister ships”, a term related to technical specifications rather than ownership. “The entire contents of our apartment, all of our furniture, lots of books, things of sentimental value are all in a container stuck in the Chesapeake Bay.” “We are at the whims of the tide and the salvage crew of the Ever Forward,” Tracy Alloway, who is relocating from Hong Kong to New York, told NBC. A Bloomberg reporter recently told NBC Washington that nearly everything she owned was packed into a shipping container now trapped aboard the Ever Forward. The ship is outside the shipping channel and has not been blocking navigation, unlike last year’s high-profile grounding of the Ever Given, which is also owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation.įor one woman, however, the blockage has become personal. The coastguard has said it hasn’t determined what caused the Ever Forward to run aground. Officials have said there were no reports of injuries, damage or pollution. The shipping channel would remain open to one-way traffic during the operation, which was expected to take about two weeks. Then, tugs and pull barges will try again to refloat the ship. Officials said dredging would continue to a depth of 43ft, but as soon as two crane barges were installed, containers would be removed and taken back to Baltimore’s Seagirt marine terminal. ![]() Unloading the ship offered the best chance to refloat it, officials said. Plans & Pricing Track on Map Add Photo Add to fleet Position & Voyage Data Savannah Anch. Salvage experts determined they wouldn’t be able to overcome the ground force of the more than 1,000ft (305-meter) vessel, loaded with nearly 5,000 containers, according to a news release. The vessel EVER FORWARD (IMO: 9850551, MMSI 563161200) is a Container Ship built in 2020 (3 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Singapore. It is reportedly the largest ship to ever get stuck in the bay and its removal has proved a lengthy challenge. The owner of the container ship Ever Forward, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March, will pay Maryland more than half a million dollars to improve local oyster bars as punishment for the accident, according to a vote Wednesday morning by the Maryland Board of Public Works. The ship ran into its own troubles on 13 March when it became lodged just north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. up costs of salvage and wreck removal as ship owners and their insurers are. The Ever Forward is owned by the same company that owns the Ever Given, which famously ran aground and blocked the Suez canal for a week, disrupting the global supply chain. Meanwhile, the large container ship Ever Forward ran aground in Chesapeake. LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) The owner and insurers of one of the world’s largest container ships stuck in the Suez Canal face claims. ![]()
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