After two unsuccessful attempts to remove it and the subsequent removal of about 500 of the 5,000 containers it carried, the Ever Forward re-furnished shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday from two barges and five tugs. A full moon and the high tide of spring helped lift the lifeboats as they pulled and pushed the huge ship out of the mud, over a dug hole and back into the canal. Once floating again, the Ever Forward was weighed 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. Naval inspectors will inspect the ship’s hull before the Coast Guard allows it to return to Baltimore Harbor to retrieve the unloaded containers. The cargo ship, operated by Evergreen Marine Corp. Based in Taiwan, he was traveling from Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, on March 13 when he ran aground just north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Barges appear near the container ship Ever Forward, on the right, which ran aground last month as workers remove containers from it, trying to lighten the cargo and re-sail the ship, Wednesday, April 13, 2022, to Pasadena. Julio Cortez / AP Officials said the grounding did not lead to reports of injuries, damage or pollution. The Coast Guard has not said what caused the grounding of Ever Forward. The ship got stuck outside the shipping canal and did not impede maritime navigation, unlike last year’s high-profile stranding on the Suez Canal of the ship’s brother, Ever Given. This incident disrupted the movement of ships and the global supply chain for days. Rescue crews continued to unload containers from Ever Forward until 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s. The containers were loaded on barges and transported to the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore. After two failed attempts to free the boat more than 1,000 feet, rescue experts decided earlier this month that unloading some of the containers offered the best opportunity to float it again. The crews also continued dredging to a depth of 43 feet around the boat.
