Raialton added, “The #EverForward’s AIS track is… interesting. He informed, “Looking at charts, #EVERFORWARD may have slightly deviated from dredged navigation channel into shallower waters after departing Baltimore. David O’Connell said that the Craighill Channel is 50 metres deep but the vessel got stranded in shallow waters of 25 ft depth.Ī senior researcher at the Citizen Lab, John Scott-Railton, had explained the possible causes that led ‘Ever Forward’ to run aground. Meanwhile, the Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp had hired divers to inspect the vessel for possible damages and help in refloating the ‘Ever Forward’.Īs per a report in CBS Baltimore, Maryland-National Capital Region Sector Commander Capt. Ironically named the ‘Ever Forward’, the US Coast Guard is unsure about what caused the vessel to run aground.
1/ /z4rCjGSbzR- John Scott-Railton March 14, 2022 Massive container ship #EVERFORWARD has run aground in the Chesapeake Bay. The Coast guard is monitoring the situation!”
#EVER FORWARD FREE#
Efforts have been underway since last night to try and free the ship and will continue today. Doyle, the Executive Director of Maryland Port Administration, had informed, “The ship’s grounding is not preventing other ships from transiting to the Port of Baltimore. Interestingly, both the Ever Forward and Ever Given are operated by the same Taiwan-based container shipping company called Evergreen Marine Corp. The development comes a year after another vessel named Ever Given, owned by the same company had blocked the Suez canal for over a week.Īs per reports, the 1096-ft vessel was stranded at the Chesapeake Bay near Washington DC while it was en route to Norfolk in Virginia. On Sunday (March 13) night, a massive cargo ship named Ever Forward, owned by the ‘Evergreen’ corporation ran aground after departing from the Port of Baltimore at the Seagirt.
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