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Evergreen announces suspension of operations at Iskenderun port due to severe earthquake damage

14 February 2023

Evergreen Line has suspended all services at the port of Iskenderun due to the severe earthquake that devastated regions in Türkiye and Syria on Monday, 6 February 2023.

“Structural damage to the Port of Iskenderun will keep the facility closed for an undetermined period of time. Roads and logistics infrastructure within the area have also been damaged, causing all services to be suspended until operations can resume safely,” said the company in a statement.

Because of the circumstances, and in...

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One Of World’s Largest 24,000TEU Ultra Large Container Carriers Undocked In Shanghai

21 May 2022

On 19 May, one of the world’s largest 24000 TEU Ultra Large Container Carriers (ULCC) built by Hudong-Zhonghua was undocked successfully in Changxing Shipbuilding Base. On the same day itself, another 13000-ton multipurpose heavy lift vessel No. 12 had been named and delivered at Pudong.

The 24000TEU ULCC No. 2, was designed by Hudong-Zhonghua. It has a total length of 399.99 meters, and a width of 61.5 meters. Its cargo hold depth is 33.2 meters. The deck area is 24,000 square meters.

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‘Ever Forward’ Container Ship Successfully Refloated After More Than A Month

18 April 2022

container removal begins on ever forward

A giant container vessel that was stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for over five weeks is on the go, once again. The Ever Forward cargo vessel reached Annapolis at about 10 am on Sunday. Here, it is going to be anchored till it resumes its journey to Baltimore, the US. Coast Guard reported to WBAL-TV.

The 1,096-foot boat had been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay, off the Gibson Island coast, since 13 March. The Ever Given, its sister vessel had infamously blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week in March...

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Photos: Containers Getting Unloaded For ‘Ever Forward’ Refloat Operation

13 April 2022

Container removal began Saturday for Evergreen’s ‘Ever Forward’ refloat operation in the Chesapeake Bay. Removal to continue in daylight hours over the next several days. A 500-yard safety zone remains in effect. Approx. 500 containers are expected to be transferred.

Image Credits USCG

A 500-yard safety zone around the ship in the Chesapeake Bay will continue for the duration of the operation and the adjacent shipping channel will remain unaffected.

Image Credits USCG

The zone has been...

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Containers To Be Unloaded From ‘Ever Forward’ After 3 Weeks Of Being Aground

5 April 2022

It has been a little more than three weeks since a massive cargo vessel had run aground in the Chesapeake Bay and it will have to be unloaded, the US Coast Guard reported. The revised trick to refloat the Ever Forward came after several failed attempts made for dredging it around the vessel and dislodging it with the tugboats.

The vessel, operated by Evergreen Marine Corp based in Taiwan, was headed from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk in Virginia when it had run aground on 13 March.

Now,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/containers-to-be-unloaded-from-ever-forward-after-3-weeks-of-being-aground/

Evergreen’s ‘Ever Forward’ Refuses To Move Forward Despite Several Refloating Attempts

31 March 2022

USCG, Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and Evergreen Marine Corporation continue work to refloat ‘Ever Forward’. Refloat attempts to resume next week following additional dredging to depth of 43 feet. A 500-yard safety zone, around-the-clock monitoring for potential pollution and stability checks on-going.

The US Coast Guard had made a second attempt to rescue a stranded container vessel on Wednesday, almost over two weeks after it had run aground in the Chesapeake Bay. The attempt...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/evergreens-ever-forward-refuses-to-move-forward-despite-several-refloating-attempts/

Photos: Evergreen’s ‘Ever Forward’ Remains Aground In Chesapeake

23 March 2022

There is a future-proof plan to refloat a 1,095-foot Ever Forward that was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for some days, the vessel’s operator reported on Friday (18th March). Salvor Donjon Smit has spearheaded underwater inspections of the cargo vessel, and a team of rescuers can set the refloating strategy in motion.

Image Credits: @uscgmidatlantic

However, authorities must first give approval for it, Evergreen mentioned in a statement on Friday.

The strategy revolves around releasing ballast...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/photos-evergreens-ever-forward-remains-aground-in-chesapeake/

After Ever Given, Another Evergreen Vessel Is Stuck In Virginia, U.S.

16 March 2022

A 1,095-foot container vessel operated by Evergreen Marine Corp, the company whose vessel had reportedly blocked the Suez Canal in 2021 for almost a week, holding up several billions of dollars in worldwide trade, has remained stuck in the Chesapeake Bay from Sunday night.

The Ever Forward had set sail from Baltimore to Norfolk, Va. when it ran aground in near the Craighill Channel. The information was reiterated by Breanna Centeno, Petty Officer for the US Coast Guard.

The alert from Ever...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/after-ever-given-another-evergreen-vessel-is-stuck-in-virginia-u-s/

World’s Largest Container Vessel To Employ PureSOx Scrubbers For Efficient Water Cleaning

15 March 2022

world’s largest container vessel, Ever Ace

On 28 July 2021, the world’s largest container vessel set sail from Samsung Heavy Industries. Owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation, Ever Ace has two Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers with a shared water cleaning system (WCS). This consolidated solution provides maximum reliability with a minimal footprint.

Cleaning to match 80 MW of engine power

Ever Ace is the first of 12 vessels planned for Evergreen’s record-breaking A Class, which comprises container vessels of nearly 24,000 TEU capacity. Powered...

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Photos: 24,000TEU Giant ‘Ever Alp’ Transits Through Suez Canal On Its Maiden Voyage

17 January 2022

Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said that the navigation movement in the canal witnessed, on Saturday, the crossing of the giant Panamanian container ship EVER ALP on its first voyage within the southern convoy in the navigational course of the new canal coming from Qingdao port in China and heading to the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Image Credits: suezcanal.gov.eg

The head of the authority stressed that the Suez Canal has proven its leadership and ability to receive all...

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