by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 28, 2022 | Dredging, Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Salvage, Shipping
Executive Director of the Port of Baltimore William Doyle says a first refloating attempt of the grounded 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward will take place on Tuesday, 29 March. Five tugs will be deployed for this, with two pushing on starboard side, two pulling...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 21, 2022 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Salvage, Shipping
Evergreen Line has hired Smit-Donjon to refloat the grounded 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward. The plan is to lighten the ballast and dredge mud from around the vessel. After that, tugs will try to pull the ship free during high tide. Dredging has already begun....
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 24, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Shipping
News that the container ship Ever Green that ran aground in the Suez Canal on Tuesday morning 23 March had been refloated and that shipping traffic could start again has proven incorrect. That is what officials of port authorities in the Suez Canal say. Dutch company...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 24, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping
An ultra large container vessel has become stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt on its way to Rotterdam. The 20,000 TEU Ever Given is now blocking one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. This has created a traffic jam of more than 100 vessels wanting to use the...