Stuck container ship in Chesapeake Bay finally refloated
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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.
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More than a month after the Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay, the container ship was successfully refloated Sunday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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.
A year after the Ever Given became lodged in the Suez Canal, the Ever Forward, operated by the same company, ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March. It was finally dislodged on Sunday.
Ever Forward the container ship that ran aground in shallow waters after leaving the Port of Baltimore on March 13 was freed shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday.
The Ever Forward, a container ship the length of more than three football fields, was refloated just before 7 a.m. Sunday by two barges and five tugboats.
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