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BALTIMORE (AP) Dredging has begun to free a cargo ship stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a week, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.
A salvage company began dredging around the 1,095-foot (334-meter) Ever Forward on Sunday and the work is expected to continue throughout the week, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Breanna Centeno said in an email. The grounded vessel is stable, poses no pollution threat and isn't impacting Port of Baltimore operations, Centano said.
State and federal agencies have issued all permits, Maryland Port Administration Executive Director William P. Doyle tweeted. Doyle said dredged materials will be used to help rebuild an island off the Eastern Shore, Poplar Island, which has suffered from severe erosion.
The Ever Forward was headed from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, on March 13 when it ran aground north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The ship operated by Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp. became stranded outside the shipping channel and officials have said there were no reports of injuries, damage or pollution.
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Buns_of_Fire
(17,193 posts)than the Suez Canal, there wouldn't be any problem with one of their Ever Stuck-class carriers.
Yonnie3
(17,477 posts)I was wondering what the support tug's trips 20 miles south were about. Poplar Island replenishment explains it. Two dredges are showing up on the map, Oyster Bay and and Dale Pyatt.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-76.391/centery:39.112/zoom:17
Timewas
(2,195 posts)If it might be easier to just off load some of the cargo...