News / Bid to refloat Ever Forward leaves box ship still stuck in Chesapeake mud

The first attempt to free the grounded Evergreen vessel, Ever Forward, ended in failure after five hours yesterday, despite five tugs pulling and pushing.

A second attempt to free the vessel by salvor Donjon Smit is expected to be made at high tide on Sunday and Monday with the tugs added to by two anchored pulling barges.

Sources close to the salvage team have said that if the second attempt failed, cargo would be unloaded to lighten the vessel and add to its ...