Weather of Arabia - The US Coast Guard reported that the container ship Ever Forward is currently stuck in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, nearly a year after another ship operated by the same company closed the Suez Canal when it was suspended for six days.
This incident comes nearly a year after another ship operated by the same company closed the Suez Canal, when it was stuck there for six days.
Reuters reported that the operating company of the container ship stuck in America is the Taiwanese navy "Ever Green", which also operates a ship called "Ever Given", which was stuck in the Suez Canal during March 2021.
The operator of the stranded container ship is Taiwan's Evergreen Maritime, which is the same carrier operating the vessel Ever Given, which was stranded last March, blocking traffic in the Suez Canal, one of the world's busiest waterways and the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.
Evergreen said in an emailed statement that the accident did not cause a fuel leak, nor did it block a navigation channel or disrupt traffic to and from the port.
She added that the company "is making arrangements for divers to conduct underwater inspections to verify any damage to the ship, and is coordinating with all concerned parties to re-float the ship as soon as possible."
And she continued, "The cause of the accident is under investigation by the competent authority."
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