U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-CONTAINER VESSEL-REFLOAT
(220418) -- WASHINGTON D.C., April 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corporation, in partnership with multiple state and local responders, refloat the Ever Forward in the Chesapeake Bay, the United States, April 17, 2022. A giant container ship named the Ever Forward with more than 4,000 containers aboard was refloated on Sunday more than a month after it ran aground on the East Coast, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The ship -- which became stranded in the Chesapeake Bay on March 13 after departing the Port of Baltimore for Norfolk, Virginia -- was freed around 7 a.m. (1100 GMT) following a 35-day salvage operation. (George Mason University Department of Police and Public Safety/Handout via Xinhua)
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- ILEA000955810
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- 2022/4/19 00:00:00
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- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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