Besides, the Coast Guard did not respond to a request for comment from the DailyMail. It is not clear when onloading will happen. Two barges had been used to take the containers back to the Baltimore port.
#EVER FORWARD VESSEL FREE#
The Coast Guard is providing the Ever Forward with a security zone while the tug boats continue transporting the vessel to a location toward the south of the bay where the officials will assess the situation.Ĭrew members will have to set a designated slot to onload hundreds of containers that were removed from the vessel in the past week to lighten the vessel and free it. This was the third time crew members had tried freeing the vessel. The video showed seven tug boats towing the Ever Forward under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at about 9.10 am on Sunday. It was on a brief sailing from Baltimore to Norfolk in Virginia, when it was stuck on the muddy ground, with 330 cargo containers lifted off with barges to help refloat it easily. Although the vessel, which traveled to Hong Kong from the States, remained stuck for over a month, officials mentioned to Bloomberg that it has not yet disrupted trade. The Ever Given, its sister vessel had infamously blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week in March 2021. The 1,096-foot boat had been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay, off the Gibson Island coast, since 13 March. Here, it is going to be anchored till it resumes its journey to Baltimore, the US. The Ever Forward cargo vessel reached Annapolis at about 10 am on Sunday. That ship ran aground in the Suez Canal blocking that channel for 6 days last year.A giant container vessel that was stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for over five weeks is on the go, once again. GALLERY: MOVING EVERFORWARD FROM THE CHESAPEAKEĮvergreen also owns the Ever Given. Coast Guard, Maryland Port Administration, local and federal Environmental Protection Agencies, and the many private service providers that were engaged, all of whom worked tirelessly to bring this event to a successful conclusion." In a corporate statement, Evergreen Line representatives stated, "We are deeply appreciative of the efforts put forth by the U.S.
The licensee, Donjon-SMIT, is required to assess the dredge and vessel grounding area for impacts to a natural oyster bar in the area, provide a report to the Maryland Department of the Environment after the vessel is removed, and then develop a plan for any mitigation required for impacts to that oyster bar in the area. RELATED: Up close with Ever Forward: Massive cargo ship stuck on Chesapeake Bay for a month
"It was the collaboration of each responding agency, Evergreen Marine Corporation, and dedicated responders 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. RELATED: Crews to remove shipping containers from the Ever Forward in order to get it floating again That was where the ship was heading when it got stuck on March 13.įor weeks dredging boats dug up mud trying to get the ship out.Īfter two failed re-floating attempts on March 29 and 30, crews determined they needed to off-load some of the cargo to make the ship lighter.įrom April 9 to April 16, 500 shipping containers were removed using crane barges and then brought to the Port of Baltimore. It will then head to to the port in Norfolk, Virginia. When given the all-clear, the ship will make it's way to the Port of Baltimore to reload the 500 containers removed during the refloat mission. The ship's hull needs to be inspected to make sure there is no damage. With the help of high tide, tugboats pulled the ship to an anchorage south of Annapolis. It took 35 days of work and nearly 500 shipping containers needed to be removed but the ship started floating again around 7 a.m. BALTIMORE - It was an Easter Sunday miracle! The Ever Forward finally freed from the mud and is now docked in Annapolis.
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