Yesterday’s effort to refloat the large containership Ever Forward making use of 5 yanks did not prosper. The 1,095 foot long, 12,118 TEU Evergreen Marine containership stays based in Chesapeake Bay.
Cargo asserts working as a consultant W.K. Webster, which has been closely following the Ever Forward case, today mentioned records that “additional efforts to refloat the vessel, including added support from 2 secured barges, will certainly be made on April 3-4, 2022. If those efforts likewise confirm not successful, initiatives will certainly be made to partially lighten the vessel by transhipping some containers from the vessel. In that instance, the shipment of freight to location ports will certainly be additional postponed.
BRAND-NEW EFFORT TODAY?
A refloat effort may, as a matter of fact, come faster than April 3-4. The Baltimore Sun mentions the Coast Guard as claiming that an additional effort to release the Ever Forward will certainly be made once more today, when the trend will certainly be greater.
W.K. Webster states that there are “currently no reports of any damage being incurred to the vessel during the last refloating operation and we understand that experts and the vessel’s crew are constantly monitoring the vessel’s stability and the condition of the ballast tanks and fuel tanks for any signs of leakage.”
Video from WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore reveals the other day’s refloat effort.