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A container ship named Ever Forward has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for 18 days

The ship ran aground after it apparently missed a turn leaving Baltimore. The vessel is owned by the same company that owns the Ever Given, the ship that blocked the Suez Canal last year.
Tugboats pull on the Ever Forward near Pasadena, Md., on Tuesday, trying to free the ship as it sits in the Chesapeake Bay after running aground near Baltimore.

There's something gleeful about a big ship getting stuck. Maybe it's their massive size, and the often fruitless plight to make them budge.

The Ever Forward had just loaded up with cargo in Baltimore and was heading south to Norfolk, Va., when it on March 13. The container ship apparently missed a turn leaving Baltimore,

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