Nearly a year after a cargo ship called “Ever Given” stalled world trade by getting stuck in the Suez Canal, another ship owned by the same company ran aground, this time in the Chesapeake Bay.
The Ever Forward, also owned by Evergreen Marine Corp., left the port of Baltimore on Sunday for Norfolk, Virginia, where it was stranded, according to the US Coast Guard.
Ever Forward remained in an adjacent navigation channel where it did not interfere with traffic, although nearby ships were reported to slow down and take other precautions.
The US Coast Guard said there were no reports of injury, contamination or damage to the 1,096-foot ship. It is unknown what caused the ship to run aground.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the ship was refloated and heading for Norfolk, according to the Vessel Finder website.
The 1,096-foot vessel is part of a fleet of cargo ships owned by Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp., which also owns the 1,312-foot vessel Ever Given, which got stuck in the Suez Canal in March 2021 and caused problems for the world. transportation.
The container ship Ever Forward (above) ran aground Sunday in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast near Pasadena, Maryland, nearly a year after the cargo ship Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking world trade.
Ever Forward remained in the nearest navigation channel where it did not interfere with traffic.
There were no reports of injury, contamination, or damage to the 1,096-foot craft.
A US Coast Guard officer watches the container ship Ever Forward, which ran aground on Sunday.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the ship was refloated and is on its way to Norfolk, according to the Vessel Finder website.
The news comes almost a year after Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal on March 23rd, triggering a massive 6-day rescue operation that ended in the death of one person, the sinking of a lifeboat and 48 ships, which were forced to seek an alternative route. .
Hundreds of ships were delayed waiting for the canal to be opened, and some ships were forced to take a much longer route around the southern tip of Africa.
The Panamanian-flagged ship was bound for Rotterdam when it crashed into the sandy bank of a single-lane section of the canal about 3.7 miles north of the south entrance, near the city of Suez, on March 23.
The Panamanian-flagged ship Ever Given (pictured in Rotterdam) was en route to Rotterdam when it crashed into the sandy bank of a single-lane section of the Suez Canal about 3.7 miles north of the south entrance, near the city of Suez. March 23, 2021
A Panamanian-flagged vessel was en route to Rotterdam when it crashed into the sandy bank of a single-lane canal section near the city of Suez on March 23, 2021.
A Taiwanese ship was stuck diagonally in a narrow but important global trade artery during a March 23 sandstorm, leading to a mammoth six-day effort by Egyptian personnel and international salvage specialists to dislodge it.
After leaving the canal in August after a three-month arrest while her owners arranged a compensation deal with Egypt, the ship headed for China.
The 1,312-foot ship, which carries cargo between Asia and Europe, has been in Ismalia for more than three months due to a financial dispute over compensation.
Shoei Kisen’s owner and the ship’s insurers disputed the claim and the ship’s detention in accordance with an Egyptian court ruling.
Both sides exchanged accusations of running the ship aground, bad weather, bad decisions by canal authorities, and human and technical errors, which were dismissed as possible factors.
Container ship Ever Given arrives at the ECT (Europe Container Terminals) Delta terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
The six-day lockdown has disrupted global shipping. Hundreds of ships waited in place while the canal was unblocked, while some ships were forced to take a much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, requiring additional fuel and other costs.
Egypt, which makes over $5 billion a year from the canal, was losing between $12 million and $15 million in revenue each day it was closed, according to the SCA.
In April, marine data company Lloyd’s List said that the ship, which is longer than four football fields, is blocking cargo worth about $9.6 billion every day it gets stuck.
After reaching an agreement between the ship’s Japanese owner Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd and the canal authorities, the ship was released to continue sailing in July.
Another ship ran aground in the Suez Canal in September, temporarily blocking a global shipping line almost six months after it was blocked for six days by Ever Given (pictured).
Six months later, another cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal in September, briefly blocking the global shipping route before being refloated.
The Panamanian-flagged Coral Crystal ran aground on a two-lane stretch 33 miles inland, forcing officials to divert other vessels in the convoy to another lane.
The canal tugboats managed to launch the southbound vessel with a cargo of 43,000 tons and the Coral Crystal, after which it continued its voyage to Port Sudan on the Red Sea.