A month after he was trapped in Chesapeake Bay, the Ever Forward boxing ship has returned, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.
With the removal of hundreds of containers, the Ever Forward was released on Sunday around 7am with two towers and six towers. The team reduced the depth to 43 meters, which is 206,280 cubic yards of material, which was moved to Poplar Island "to repair the erosion of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration project," notes the release.
Ever Forward will be dragged to the Annapolis Anchorage Grounds for testing, a news report said. There, it will reload the containers from its ship and continue its voyage to its next port, Norfolk, Virginia.
The fully loaded ship sailed from Baltimore March 13 bound for Norfolk, strayed from the usual commercial shipping lanes and plunged into shallow water.
The 1,095-meter Hong Kong flagship vessel is operated by Evergreen Marine Corporation, also owned by Ever Given, which was stranded on the Suez Canal last summer.
The 35-day Ever Forward rescue operation was carried out by the Coast Guard, the Maryland Department of Environmental Affairs and the Evergreen Marine Corporation, as well as regional and local respondents.
"The magnitude and complexity of this response was historic, as an incident such as Ever Forward grounding, in terms of type and length of time, is rare," Capt said. David O'Connell, commander of the Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region. "It was a partnership of each respondent, Evergreen Marine Corporation, and dedicated respondents that led to the successful rebirth of Ever Forward while ensuring public safety and responsive staff, reducing pollution potential, and minimizing economic impact."
Michelle Micheals, left, Bowie, and Robert Fenstermacher, District Heights, fishing as Ever Forward approaches Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Sandy Point, Md. The ship was dumped in the mud outside the dock at Pasadena, Maryland, where it spent the past month quietly.
During the operation, measures were taken to protect the environment, the release was emphasized, which included regular monitoring of the ship's fuel tanks and pre-storage equipment - including a boom - for immediate dispatch in the event of a fuel release.
Donjon-SMIT, a mining company, has also been licensed by the state of Maryland to "test the site and the base of the vessel to determine the impact on the local oyster bar, report to the Maryland Department of Environment after the vessel is depleted and establish a plan for any reductions required. to contribute to that oyster mine, "the excavation showed.