The board’s action on Wednesday ratified the emergency license, with modification, by requiring Evergreen to mitigate the impacts from the dredging operations.Ī statement from Evergreen indicated the funding is more of a mutual agreement than a levied fine. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a report in June 2022 regarding the potential impacts to the oyster bar and aquatic habitat, including the results of a post-grounding survey revealing that oysters habitats were missing from the grounding and dredging site. ![]() The grounding took place in a legal charted oyster bar and the bow of the ship was at a depth of 18 feet. The Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a wetlands license that requires the ship’s owner, Evergreen Marine Corp., to pay $676,200 for the seeding and enhancement of natural oyster bars. ![]() The 1,095-foot ship was eventually refloated more than a month later with the help of two anchored barges and multiple tugboats, and after dredging of more than 200,000 cubic yards of material from around the vessel and removal of over over 500 containers. The Ever Forward grounded on Maoutside the main shipping channel after failing to make a turn because the pilot was distracted by his cell phone, according to the Coast Guard’s investigation into the incident. The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a wetlands license that requires the owner of the container ship Ever Forward containership to pay nearly $700,000 to help mitigate impacts to aquatic habitats, namely oysters, from last year’s grounding and salvage operation in the Chesapeake Bay.
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