MARCH EVER FORWARD FREE

Operations to remove 500 containers with crane barges ran from April 9 through April 16, the night before the successful refloating effort. Photo by George Mason University Department of Police and Public safety/released The Hong Kong-flagged Ever Forward grounded outside the Craighill shipping channel on Sunday, March 13, while departing Port of Baltimore for its next port of call in Norfolk, Virginia, with 4,964 containers aboard.įollowing two unsuccessful refloat attempts using multiple tugobats on March 29 and 30, salvors determined they would not be able to overcome the ground force of the Ever Forward in its loaded condition.ĭredging around the ship to a depth of 43 feet involved the removal in 206,280 cubic yards of material being dredged and taken to Poplar Island, where the material is being used to offset erosion at the Paul S. (Photo by George Mason University Department of Police and Public safety/released.) Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and shipowner Evergreen Marine Corporation, in partnership with multiple state and local responders, oversaw the effort to refloat the 1,095-foot containership following a comprehensive salvage plan that included dredging and tugboat operations.

MARCH EVER FORWARD FREE

Easter morning, two pulling barges, two tugs from Donjon-SMIT, the appointed salvor, two tugs from Moran, and two tugs from McAllister worked in tandem to push and pull the Ever Forward free during a high spring tide.

The Ever Forward containership was refloated early Sunday morning following a 35-day-long salvage operation in Chesapeake Bay that tested the capability of East Coast maritime response assets.

March ever forward