No berthing date at the Port of Virginia was given. The Coast Guard said the Ever Forward would be towed to the Annapolis Anchorage Grounds for inspection and then reload the 500 containers at the Port of Baltimore and continue its planned voyage to the Port of Virginia. David O’Connell, commander of Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region. “The vastness and complexity of this response were historic, as an incident like the Ever Forward grounding in type and duration is a rare occurence,” said Capt. With the help of two pulling barges and six tugs, the Ever Forward was freed at about 7 a.m. The containers were returned to the Seagrit Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore and offloaded. The laden ship got stuck in mud and two earlier efforts to refloat the container ship were unsuccessful because salvage crews were not able to “overcome the ground force of the Ever Forward in its loaded condition,” the Coast Guard said.ĭredging was conducted to a depth of 43 feet and crane barges were used to remove 500 containers from the vessel. The 1,095-foot-long Ever Forward, built in 2020, was carrying 4,964 containers when it ran aground March 13. Coast Guard, which coordinated the salvage efforts with the Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp., said in a statement.

“Refloating the Ever Forward, which was hard aground outside of the navigation channel along the entire length of the ship’s hull, required extensive coordination of responders and involved the development and implementation of a comprehensive salvage plan, including dredging and push-and-pull tugboat operations,” the U.S. The Ever Forward was refloated in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay on Sunday, 35 days after it ran aground shortly after sailing from the Port of Baltimore.

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