Cargo Ship Runs Aground in US, Year After Evergreen Company’s Other Ship Blocked Suez

Cargo Ship Runs Aground in US, Year After Evergreen Company’s Other Ship Blocked Suez
Ever Forward container ship, owned by Evergreen Marine Corp, sits grounded in the Chesapeake Bay off the shore of Maryland, U.S., on March 15, 2022. Julio Cesar Chavez/Reuters
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The Ever Forward container ship is currently grounded in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, nearly a year after another ship run by the same company blocked the Suez Canal for six days.

The container ship is operated by Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan Ltd, the same Taiwanese transportation company that operates the Ever Given. The Ever Given ran aground last March, blocking traffic in the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest waterways and the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.