![]() The Coast Guard said Monday that dredging to a channel depth of 43 feet would continue. The rescue team will carry out the plan utilizing the most beneficial high-tide period in the port area.”įollowing more than a week of dredging, an attempt to refloat the ship took place last Tuesday. “After sufficient mud is excavated, the amount of ballast water on Ever Forward will be adjusted to reduce the ship’s weight and the refloating operation will begin using both the tugboats and the power of her main engine. The Coast Guard shared the first refloating plan on March 18. Still, it is a spectacle in Chesapeake Bay, and state and federal agencies began working with Evergreen almost immediately after the grounding to devise a strategy to get the container ship on its way. As Lars Jensen, CEO of Vespucci Marine, noted soon after the incident, the Ever Forward grounding “is not an event with major global ramifications.” The Ever Forward is not preventing other vessels from transiting to or from the Port of Baltimore, where it last berthed. Another Evergreen container ship, the Ever Given, notoriously blocked the Suez Canal for a week last year and sent the global supply chain - and mainstream media - into a tizzy. The Associated Press contributed to this report.The Ever Forward grounding drew global attention not for disruption of the supply chain but for its name. Sunday.Ībout a year ago, Ever Forward’s sister ship, Ever Given, got stuck in the Suez Canal for around a week. The containers were then taken to their original onboarding facility at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore, and offloaded by shore-based handling gear.Īfter the containers were removed, two pulling barges, two tugs from Donjon-SMIT, two tugs from Moran and two tugs from McAllister freed the Ever Forward at approximately 7 a.m. “It was the collaboration of each responding agency, Evergreen Marine Corporation, and dedicated responders that resulted in the successful refloating of Ever Forward while ensuring the safety of the public and response personnel, mitigating pollution potential and minimizing economic impacts.” David O’Connell, commander of Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region. “The vastness and complexity of this response were historic, as an incident like the Ever Forward grounding, in type and duration, is a rare occurrence,” said Capt. For safety and balance purposes, containers from both the port and starboard sides of the ship were removed and placed on receiving barges during daylight hours only. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration project, the release said. The material is being used to offset erosion at the Paul S. ![]() “We remain focused on moving forward to the environmental restoration and compensation phase.”ĭredging was completed to a depth of 43 feet, resulting in 206,280 cubic yards of material being dredged and taken to Poplar Island, according to the release. “We appreciate the steady partnership with the Coast Guard, Evergreen Marine Corporation and all the other agencies that worked to prevent pollution and protect the Chesapeake Bay,” said Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles. ![]() Refloating the Ever Forward, which was aground outside of the navigation channel along the entire length of the ship’s hull, required extensive coordination of responders and involved dredging and push-and-pull tugboat operations, according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard for their assistance in refloating the ship.Įvergreen Marine Corporation, which owns the ship, had planned to remove 500 of the nearly 4,900 containers on board to lighten its weight. Larry Hogan thanked the Maryland Department of the Environment, the Port of Baltimore and the U.S. This is kind of the same thing on a grander scale,” Coast Guard Captain David O’Connell told CBS on Saturday. “If you’ve ever been in a marsh, and you’ve stepped in the marsh with your boot, and then you try to pull it out and your foot comes out, but not the boot. It was grounded in the Chesapeake Bay near the Craighill channel. It was traveling from Baltimore to Norfolk when it got stuck in at least 10 feet of mud while attempting a turn near the Bay Bridge. This was the third attempt to free the nearly 1,100-foot vessel. after having run aground in the bay 35 days ago, when the salvage operation began on March 13. ![]() The cargo ship was finally freed around 7 a.m. The Ever Forward container ship was freed Sunday morning after being stuck in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland for over a month, the U.S. The Ever Forward was freed early Sunday morning after being stuck over a month.
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