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>Ever Forward completely missed shipping lane
https://www.space.com/satellite-photos-stuck-container-ship-ever-forward
Satellite spots stranded container ship Ever Forward from space, a year after Suez's Ever Given
One year on, Ever Given's sister container ship gets stuck in shallow water on the other side of the globe.
Another cargo ship, another waterway, another embarrassing stranding for the Taiwan-based shipping company behind the weeklong blockage of the Suez Canal one year ago.
Satellites owned by the U.S. Earth observation company Maxar spotted a container ship that had been stuck for over two weeks in the shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, Maryland.
The 1,100-feet (330 meters) long Ever Forward is a smaller container ship owned by the same company as Ever Given, the ship that infamously blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March 2021. Since the Suez Canal, an artificial waterway dug through Egypt in the mid-19th century, offers the shortest way from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and on to the Indian Ocean, that incident built up a solid traffic jam, which was visible from space, and caused serious disruptions to global trade.
Fortunately, Ever Forward is not causing such havoc. However, it seems to be giving rescue teams a similar headache.
The ship, operated by Taiwanese container transportation company Evergreen, was sailing to Norfolk, Virginia, from Baltimore, Maryland, when it ran aground in the Chesapeake on March 13, the New York Times reported.
The ship got stranded almost exactly a year after the Ever Given incident, prompting a wave of internet jokes.
"March is International Evergreen Marine Corp Container Ship Runs Aground Month," Twitter user Andy Mallon wrote, in a tweet highlighted by the New York Times. "What are you doing to celebrate?"
Dredgers can be seen working around the vessel in the Maxar satellite images, which were acquired on March 21 and released on Friday (March 25). Rescue work started on Thursday (March 24) and might take up to a week, shipping website Port Technology reported.
Ever Forward was not carrying dangerous materials, according to the New York Times, and no chemical spills have been reported.
"The ship's grounding has not prevented other ships from transiting into or out of the Port of Baltimore," William P. Doyle, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, said in a statement obtained by the New York Times. "Business- and commerce-related activities at the Port of Baltimore continue as normal."
The cause of the incident is not yet known.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/business/ever-forward-stuck-chesapeake-bay.html
A Year After Suez Blockage, Another Evergreen Ship Is Mired in the Chesapeake
The Ever Forward ran aground after leaving Baltimore on Sunday, nearly a year after the Ever Given became lodged in the Suez Canal, disrupting global trade for nearly a week.
A container ship operated by the same company whose vessel blocked the Suez Canal last year, holding up billions of dollars in global trade for nearly a week, has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay since Sunday night, according to officials in Maryland.
The 1,095-foot Ever Forward was on its way to Norfolk, Va., from Baltimore when it ran aground in the bay near the Craighill Channel, said Petty Officer Third Class Breanna Centeno, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Coast Guard.
A salvage team, Naval architects and divers were working to free the ship, William P. Doyle, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, said in a statement. The Coast Guard is leading the salvage efforts, he said.
There were no injuries and no “pollution-related spills,” Mr. Doyle said. Petty Officer Centeno said the ship was not carrying hazardous materials.
The ship became stuck nearly a year after the Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, blocking a channel that is believed to handle about 10 percent of global commercial maritime traffic.
It took six days to free the ship and by then, 367 vessels were waiting to pass through the canal, which serves as a vital channel linking the factories of Asia to affluent customers in Europe, as well as a major conduit for oil. The episode was a disaster for the shipping industry, damming up worldwide shipping and freezing nearly $10 billion in trade a day.
The mishap involving the Ever Forward, which, like the Ever Given, is operated by Evergreen Marine Corp., appeared to be far less catastrophic, according to the authorities in Maryland.
“The ship’s grounding has not prevented other ships from transiting into or out of the Port of Baltimore,” Mr. Doyle said. “Business and commerce related activities at the Port of Baltimore continue as normal.”
Still, the ship ran aground at a time when global supply chains remain in upheaval because of the coronavirus pandemic. The timing also gave rise to a fresh round of jokes on the internet, which last year reveled in the Ever Given’s travails.
“March is International Evergreen Marine Corp Container Ship Runs Aground Month,” one Twitter user wrote. “What are you doing to celebrate?”
Evergreen Marine Corp. did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
The alert from the Ever Forward came in at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Petty Officer Centeno said. The ship had departed from Baltimore that day and was supposed to arrive in Virginia on Thursday, according to the vessel’s schedule.
The Coast Guard said it had not determined how the Ever Forward became stuck.
“Once the vessel is refloated,” Petty Officer Centeno said, “we’ll investigate the cause.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/14/ship-aground-chesapeake-suez/
Ship gets stuck in Chesapeake a year after sister ship got stuck in Suez Canal
Container ship left Baltimore on Sunday, Coast Guard says
A huge cargo ship got stuck in the Chesapeake Bay, almost a year after a sister ship blocked the Suez Canal, according to authorities.
The Ever Forward, a 1,095-foot container ship, got stuck Sunday night after leaving Baltimore, a spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The vessel remained stuck in the bay Monday night while the Coast Guard assessed the situation, said Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann, a spokesman for the Coast Guard’s Mid-Atlantic district.
It was not clear why the ship got stuck, but Lehmann said it was outside the normal shipping channel and posed no obvious threat to navigation.
It was still stuck Tuesday evening.
The vessel is owned by Evergreen Marine Corp., the shipping organization that also owns the Ever Given, the vessel that got stuck March 23 in the Suez Canal, choking the waterway and attracting worldwide attention.
A major concern in the assessment of the ship in the bay was to make sure that the vessel, if refloated, would remain seaworthy and pose no hazards, Lehmann said.
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/ever-forward-dredging-may-take-up-to-a-week/
Ever Forward: Dredging may take up to a week
Dredging work to free the Ever Forward has begun, but specialists claim it may take up to a week to safely refloat the 11,850 TEU vessel.
“It is suggested that dredging may take up to a week to complete before attempts may be taken to safely refloat the vessel,” said WK Webster in a statement.
The firm also detailed that shipowners and salvors are aiming to lighten the ship to help solve the ongoing problem.
There have been no reports of any loss or damage to cargo, however, concerns over its impact on the environment are growing as there is talk of a potential oil spill.
On 14 March, the Ever Forward ran aground in Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore.
Dredges from Don Jon Marine and Cashman began removing material around the vessel earlier this week.
https://twitter.com/amyluwbal/status/1506427280842764294
Dredging continues in areas surrounding the Ever Forward cargo ship- currently stuck outside the shipping channel off of Gibson Island. Now, concerns over the environmental impact are growing, including a **potential oil spill and an impacted ecosystem.
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