A year on from the Suez Canal fiasco where a 400-metre container ship got stuck and blocked hundreds of vessels, another Ever Green boat has run aground, this time near the US capital.
The Ever Forward - cousin of the infamous Ever Given - ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday while on a journey from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia.
Other ships arriving in the area have been told to slow down and use a one-way traffic pattern to avoid causing any further problems.
It's thought the ship needs water at least 43ft deep to move, but it became stuck in an area that was just 25ft deep.
The smaller 334-metre ship "isn't preventing other ships from transiting to the Port of Baltimore," said William P Doyle, the executive director of the Maryland Port Association, Bloomberg reported.
He added: "Efforts have been under way since last night to try and free the ship and will continue today.”
A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the vessel had one pilot on board.
It's unknown when it might be freed, while an operation to save its cousin from the Egyptian canal took six days with the help of 13 tugboats.
Despite unblocking the canal the Ever Given was only removed from the vital passage 106 days later.
The US Coast Guard said it did not know what had caused the stranding, which did not lead to any injuries or harm the vessel, according to CBS Baltimore.
Last year the Ever Given, which is longer than the Eiffel Tower, weighs 220,00 tonnes and had 17,600 containers blocked the canal in both directions and caused a backlog of transports for more than 400 vessels.
The Ever Forward and Ever Given are both belong to the Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp.
Last year, following the Suez Canal incident, the ships owner claimed the ship 'was suspected of being hit by a sudden strong wind, causing the hull to deviate from (the) waterway and accidentally hit the bottom.'
While the Suez Canal Authority said in a statement the ship had lost the ability to steer amid 'high winds and a dust storm.'
