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That shooting, jericka. duncan: all right tom hanson thank you for that reporting. a massive container ship stuck in america s largest estuary is finally free. today the ship was re-floated more than a month after it got stuck in the mud. cbs scott macfarlane has the story. reporter: the ship everforward can finally move forward. nearly as long as the empire state building is tall, by removing 500 containers to lighten the load, dredging the bay floor, and pulling the ship horizontally. how uncommon is this? this is the biggest ship to ever ground in the chesapeake bay, very uncommon. reporter: not the only ship evergreen has had grounded. the coast guard is investigating how the crew missed the turn in the chesapeake and they ll check ....
Its owner, evergreen line is removing 500 of the nearly 4,900 containers on board to lighten its weight. they ve dredged the bay floor, and they re preparing tugging vessels to pull the ever forward free. the company has some experience with this. its sister ship, ever given, was stranded about a year ago in the suez canal. the ever forward isn t block the shipping lanes off maryland but is costing an estimated tens of millions of dollars in expenses. and local officials worry about the salvage. the 750,000 gallons of diesel fuel on this particular ship are of great concern. but if 50,000 gallons of diesel fuel get into the bay ,that could mean permanent economic damage. reporter: environment groups say dredging of the bay could already have had consequences on aquatic life. i hope that they re able to unstick it with this plan. i m still a little skeptical. reporter: teams will check the hull of this ship for damage and then try to replace some of the many containers tha ....