Officials have said there were no reports of injuries, damage or pollution.Ī salvage company began dredging around the ship a week later and Evergreen said in a statement Tuesday that enough material has been displaced for the attempts to free the vessel. was headed from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, on March 13 when it ran aground north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the U.S.
The more than 1,000-foot (305-metre) ship operated by Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp. Dozens of people gathered at a park nearby to watch the work Tuesday afternoon. Powell also said the district’s next step is issuing a notice to proceed, anticipating that the contractor will commence shortly after.Ī hopper dredge will be used, causing no impact to navigation, due to its full sailing capability.Tug boats began working to dislodge a stranded container ship Tuesday, more than two weeks after it ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay.įrom shore, three tug boats could be seen pulling on taut lines attached to the rear of the Ever Forward, sending puffs of smoke into the air. The fine-grain material is said to be unsuitable for beach nourishment and is instead slated for ocean disposal. The reports say that around 1.73 million cubic yards of dredged material are scheduled for a placement area at the Dam Neck Ocean Disposal Site.
Norfolk District project manager Steve Powell says that the removal of the maintenance material will assist deepening projects in the near future for the Virginia Port Authority – the project’s local sponsor. The federal navigation channel project is scheduled begin within the next 30 days and finish by the end of August. The dredging is slated to maintain 11 miles of the channel to a depth of 52 feet for the average height of the lowest tide, with one foot of allowable over-depth. on Friday for the Chesapeake Bay Thimble Shoal Channel.
Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District was awarded a maintenance dredging contract to Manson Construction Co.
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