Evergreen container ship freed after a month stuck in Chesapeake Bay
With the removal of hundreds of containers, the Ever Forward was freed on Sunday around 7 a.m. ET by two pulling barges and six tugboats. The team dredged 43 feet deep, amounting to 206,280 cubic yards of material, which was removed to Poplar Island"to offset erosion at the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration project," the release noted.The Ever Forward will be towed to the Annapolis Anchorage Grounds for inspection, the news release said.
"The vastness and complexity of this response were historic, as an incident like the Ever Forward grounding, in type and duration, is a rare occurrence," said Capt. David O'Connell, commander of Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region.
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