"Ever Forward": Sister ship of "Ever Given" ran aground off Baltimore

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Drone recording of the stuck "Ever Forward": "The ship does not prevent other ships from entering the port"

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A year after the "Ever Given" ran aground in the Suez Canal, another ship belonging to the Evergreen shipping company ran aground.

As Bloomberg reports, citing its own mapping data, the "Ever Forward" hit a sandbank on its way from Baltimore in the United States to Norfolk in Virginia.

The Reuters news agency also published photos of the disabled 334-meter-long ship.

According to the report, the Hong Kong-flagged Ever Forward was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday evening after leaving the port of Baltimore.

The incident brings back memories of the "Ever Given" accident in March 2021. The 400-meter-long container ship had blocked the way through the Suez Canal for several hundred waiting ships for around a week, causing delays in world trade and supply chains.

Divers examine the ship for damage

For international shipping, however, the situation is apparently far less threatening this time than it was a year ago.

"The grounding does not prevent other ships from entering the Port of Baltimore," Bloomberg quoted a Port Authority spokesman as saying.

There are efforts to free the ship: "The coast guard is monitoring the situation."

The Evergreen shipping company also hired divers to inspect the ship for damage, the report said.

An investigation into the cause of the so-called grounding is underway, the company said, according to Bloomberg.

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