A container ship that was stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for over a month has finally been refloated, officials said.
After two failed efforts to free the more than 1,000-foot vessel, salvage experts determined earlier this month that unloading some containers offered the best chance to refloat it. Crews also continued dredging to a depth of 43 feet around the vessel.
Evergreen Marine's Ever Forward container ship passes under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge after it was freed from mud outside the shipping channel off Pasadena, Md., where is had spent the past month aground. Salvage crews continued to offload containers from the Ever Forward until 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The containers were placed onto barges and taken to Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal. The grounding did not result in reports of injuries, damage, or pollution, officials said. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan called the vessel’s refloating "great news on this Easter morning."
"Thank you to all of the captains and crews involved in this operation," the Republican governor tweeted.
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