Ever Given again? No, Ever Forward not going forward

[Concerto]

Ever Given of Suez Canal fame is a sister ship of Ever Forward. Ever Forward has run aground on mud in Chesapeake Bay as it made its way from the Port of Baltimore towards the Atlantic Ocean.

Ever Forward, Sister of the Stuck Suez Ship, Runs Aground in Chesapeake Bay

 

[penfold]

Plenty of mud to run into in Chesapeake.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

They were both fitted with rubbish echo sounders then.

Would be nice if the fly out that digger driver to sort it out.

 

[Blueboatman]

“ Forward motion is never a er given”? ?

 

[Stemar]

So did they wander off course, or wasn't there enough water in the channel?

 

[mjcoon]

So did they wander off course, or wasn't there enough water in the channel?

... and they were in too much of a hurry to wait for the tide? ;-)

 

[newtothis]

... and they were in too much of a hurry to wait for the tide? ;-)

Not so much wandering off course as failing to change course. Appears to have missed a nav mark and kept going ahead when it should have turned to follow the channel.
The tide is not going to be much of a concern here. High tide at springs is about 0.5 m, and Ever Grounded has a 15 m draft. It is now sitting in about 8 m of water.
We're gonna need a bigger digger.

 

[Stemar]

Not so much wandering off course as failing to change course. Appears to have missed a nav mark and kept going ahead when it should have turned to follow the channel.
The tide is not going to be much of a concern here. High tide at springs is about 0.5 m, and Ever Grounded has a 15 m draft. It is now sitting in about 8 m of water.
We're gonna need a bigger digger.

Oops

Another career or two biting the dust - whoever was in charge of navigation, plus the captain, 'cos it's always the captain's fault, even if he was off watch and asleep in his cabin - even if there was a local pilot on the bridge

 

[newtothis]

Oops

Another career or two biting the dust - whoever was in charge of navigation, plus the captain, 'cos it's always the captain's fault, even if he was off watch and asleep in his cabin - even if there was a local pilot on the bridge

I met a pilot once who said it was the best seafaring job you could have. All authority, no responsibility, and you get to go home to your own bed at night.
Unclear yet what the cause of this one was. It should have turned south at the mark, but whether that was driver error or mech failure remains to be seen.

 

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It's a popular pastime:

Cruise ship runs aground in Dominican Republic

 

[Stemar]

Stand by for a hike in our insurance premiums

 

[LittleSister]

Stand by for a hike in our insurance premiums

No need to worry about that. They've been pre-hiked!

 

[Stemar]

No need to worry about that. They've been pre-hiked!

Has that ever stopped 'em before?

 

[NPMR]

Are these ships just too Big?

 

[newtothis]

Are these ships just too Big?

No.
Vessel size and groundings are not related. Never Forward is only 12,000 teu, so not that big in current container ship sizing.
Moreover, the number of grounding incidents has been on a downward trend since 2008. Since then, average containership size has increased massively.
This was just a good old snafu, and was nothing to do with the size of the ship.
Will it make it harder to get it off the putty? Probably, but that's just an engineering issue.
The benefits of bigger containerships have been established in terms of lower shipping costs and lesser environmental damage.

 

[TwoFish]

Are these ships just too Big?

Nope, just too green.

 

[Bajansailor]

I hope that she does not become Ever Grounded.
Here is a GCaptain update
Technical Team Boards Grounded Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay

 

[awol]

I have always thought the sceptics were daft painting their buoys the wrong colour!

 

[mjcoon]

I have always thought the sceptics were daft painting their buoys the wrong colour!

But then they are booees...

 

[LONG_KEELER]

I wonder if they will have to start taking containers off. Doesn't seem to be much of a range.