Unloading the ship offered the best chance to refloat it, officials said. The Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay after departing the Port of Baltimores Seagirt Marine Terminal on March 13 and hasnt moved since. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp., the ship's operator, had said in a news release. Salvage experts had determined they wouldn’t be able to overcome the ground force of the Ever Forward when it was loaded with 5,000 containers, the U.S. The vessel EVER FORWARD (IMO: 9850551, MMSI 477624800) was built in 2020 (1 year old) and is currently sailing under the flag of Singapore. The vessel is en route to the port of Kaohsiung and expected to arrive there on Jun 1, 5 AM. Officials have said there were no reports of injuries, damage or pollution. The current position of EVER FORWARD is at coordinates 22.5571 N / 120.316 E, reported 15 days ago by AIS. Maps below show the following voyage data - Present Location, NExt port, Estimated (ETA) and Predicted Time of Arrival (PTA), Speed, Course, Draught, Photos.
Main ship particulars are length of 334 m and beam of 48 m. Her IMO number is 9850551 and MMSI number is 477624800. Incoming vessels are required to contact by VHF Channel 16 the Coast Guard vessel on watch at mid-week, the cutter Bonita for permission 30 minutes before approach. The ship was headed from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, on March 13 when it ran aground just north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Vessel EVER FORWARD is a cargo ship sailing under the flag of Hong Kong. The lightering operation is going on during daylight hours, in a safety zone where the Coast Guard is allowing one-way traffic past the Ever Forward. Marine inspectors will examine the ship’s hull before the Coast Guard allows it to return to the Port of Baltimore to retrieve the offloaded containers. Why it matters: The Ever Forward (yes, bask.
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Despite two failed attempts to free it this week, a sister container ship to the Ever Given that got stuck in the Suez Canal last year has been lodged in the Chesapeake Bay for 21 days and now cargo holders have to pay to help free it. Once refloated, the more than 1,000-foot Ever Forward was weighed down again by water tanks to ensure safe passage under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on its way to an anchorage off Annapolis, The Baltimore Sun reported. Massive ship called Ever Forward is stuck in Chesapeake Bay.
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Get the NBC4 Washington app for iOS or Android and pick your alerts. The Ever Forward is owned by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, the same company that operates the Ever Given, which memorably ran aground and blocked the Suez canal for a week, disrupting the. U.S.Stay informed about local news and weather in the D.C. The 1,096-foot ship was travelling through the Craighill Channel, which is about 15-metres deep. Tuesday marked the first attempt to drag the ship out of the mud. The container ship the Ever Forward has run aground in the US, following in the footsteps of its sister vessel the Even Given after it infamously got stuck in the Suez Canal for six days last year. Its entire hull rests on the bottom of the bay. Coast Guard Photo A response boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay monitors the 1,095-foot motor vessel Ever Forward, which became grounded in the Chesapeake Bay, March 13, 2022. The Ever Forward needs about 42 feet of water to float but only has about 24 feet. The 1,095 foot cargo vessel, Ever Forward, sits grounded in the Chesapeake Bay, near the Craigshill Channel, March 13, 2022. A screengrab from a live feed shows the Ever Forward aground in Chesapeake Bay, March 14, 2022. dredged from 38 to 50 feet to accommodate neo-Panamax ships like EverForward.
local time on Monday, although there seemed to be no refloating attempt. The Evergreen Marine-owned containership Ever Forward, which ran aground on March 13 in Chesapeake Bay. The next high tide in Gibson Island, MD is expected at 5:21 p.m. The Coast Guard and Maryland Department of the Environment are coordinating the refloating of the container ship. No injuries or pollution have been reported, according to the Coast Guard spokesperson.
Ever Front’s much larger sister vessel, Ever Given, notoriously ran aground in the Suez Canal back in March 2021, blocking the waterway for six days before she was refloated.Įvergeen Marine’s websiste lists Ever Forward’s owner as EVERGREEN MARINE (HONG KONG) LTD.
The Ever Forward was delivered in 2020 and is one of 20 “Evergreen F class” ships built for Evergreen Marine, each with a capacity of around 12,100 TEU.
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