Stuck again! Taiwan media: Evergreen Shipping's 110,000-ton container ship ran aground near Baltimore Port
[Global Network Comprehensive Report Reporter Zhao Youping] Zhongshi News and other Taiwanese media sources said that Taiwan's Evergreen Shipping has another container ship stuck!
This time, the "long-distance ship" ran aground near the port of Baltimore in the United States, and is being rescued by relevant local departments.
According to Zhongshi News, the "long-distance ship" ran aground not long after leaving Baltimore Harbor on Sunday night. It was originally going to Virginia, but it got stuck near the Chesapeake Bay (Chesapeake Bay).
The freighter is 334 meters long and 48 meters wide, and can load 11,850 standard containers of 20 feet (one foot is about 0.3 meters), and is a 110,000-ton class.
The report quoted the Maryland State Administration as saying that although the "long-distance ship" ran aground, it did not affect other ships entering and leaving the Baltimore port.
At present, attempts are being made to get the freighter out of trouble, and the rescue is continuing.
Zhongshi News Network said that the "long-distance ship" is mainly responsible for the route between Asia and the east of the United States. It is owned by Evergreen Hong Kong Company and only put into operation the year before last; it is also the eight 110,000-ton ships ordered by Evergreen Shipping to South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries. The fourth of the container ships.
Last year, Taiwan's Evergreen Shipping's 400-meter-long "Changci Ship" stuck in the Suez Canal for nearly a week, causing more than 400 ships to pass through.