Work is scheduled to begin this week, and the Cecil Whig reports that dredge crews arrived on Monday, adding that a Corps spokesman said 'the dredging will take about 60 days, weather permitting.' Two types of dredge boats are working on the project:Ī cutter-suction and a clam shell bucket. The project is a culmination of a long-term effort between the Army Corps of Engineers and the Maryland Department of the Environment. This will encompass a 10,000 linear foot stretch dredged to a depth of 35 feet. (At low tide, parts of the basin are as shallow as three feet deep).Īdditional work will occur east of the Basin in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The contract involves dredging Chesapeake City Basin, within the Army Corps’ property limit, in Chesapeake City, MD, to a depth of 10 feet. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District awarded Contract No.

The longer the ship sits immobile, the greater the chance of damage from storms or other causes.Back in October, the U.S. It was a simple wrong turn in the Chesapeake Bay that led the ship into 24-foot waters and created the precarious situation. But Mercogliano said rescuing the Ever Forward won’t come anywhere close to that. Past rescues of cargo ships have cost almost $1 billion. So this is really unfathomable waters here for us.” “As of this period, we’ve never had to see a major container ship have to offload containers at anchor like this. “It really depends on the scope and scale,” he said.

It’s unknown, now, how much it is going to cost, Mercogliano said. Right now, it’s Evergreen and its insurance company paying for efforts to free the ship, which is called the Ever Forward. That means anyone with cargo on board is going to be responsible for a portion of the cost to salvage it, Sal Mercogliano, an associate history professor with Campbell University, told NewsNation’s “Prime.”

( NewsNation) - Evergreen Marine Corp, owner of the 117,000-ton cargo ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay, has announced it’s enacting a maritime practice called General Average.

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