The 1,100-foot cargo ship Ever Forward remained stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for 24 days after running aground outside the Port of Baltimore. Owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation—the same company involved in the 2021 Suez Canal blockage—the ship required extensive offloading of 5,000 containers. The company invoked "general average" maritime law, requiring cargo owners to share the cost of freeing the vessel.

