“The entire contents of our apartment, all of our furniture, lots of books, things of sentimental value are all in a container stuck in the Chesapeake Bay,” Tracy Alloway told NBC Washington.Zoom in: It’s unclear what's in the thousands of containers aboard the Ever Forward, but at least one cargo holder - a Bloomberg journalist who recently moved from Hong Kong to New York - has been sharing her experience waiting on her furniture. Think of the “General Average” like the aquatic version of prison rules, but for international shipping.(it was a big deal during the fall of the Roman Empire, too). It’s a maritime law whose roots can be traced to at least 1750 B.C.It took until September for all the cargo to be released to its owners, and only happened once the cargo owners posted bonds. Evergreen also invoked the law with its ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal for six days in March 2021.has invoked a maritime law dubbed “ General Average,” under which people whose belongings are on a ship must share in the cost of freeing it.
What’s happening: The ship’s owner - Evergreen Marine Corp. Why it matters: The Ever Forward (yes, bask in the irony) is the largest ship to get stuck in the Chesapeake Bay and it’s carrying 5,000 containers of … stuff.
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Despite two failed attempts to free it this week, a sister container ship to the Ever Given that got stuck in the Suez Canal last year has been lodged in the Chesapeake Bay for 21 days - and now cargo holders have to pay to help free it.
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