The Maryland Board of Pilots voted Friday to establish a policy limiting the use of cellphones for ship pilots, nearly 10 months after the 1,095-foot cargo carrier Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay.
The Maryland Board of Pilots voted Friday to establish a policy limiting the use of cellphones for ship pilots, nearly 10 months after the 1,095-foot cargo carrier Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay.
The owner of the Ever Forward container ship, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March, will pay Maryland nearly $700,000 to enhance local oyster bars as a penalty for the accident, following a Wednesday morning vote from Maryland’s Board of Public Works.
The owner of the Ever Forward container ship, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March, will pay Maryland nearly $700,000 to enhance local oyster bars as a penalty for the accident, following a Wednesday morning vote from Maryland’s Board of Public Works.
The owner of the Ever Forward container ship, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March, will pay Maryland more than half a million dollars to enhance local oyster bars as a penalty for the accident.