Car Carrier Grounds in Chesapeake Bay Leaving the Port of Baltimore – gCaptain
Share this article A 760-foot Wallenius Wilhelmsen car carrier ran aground in Chesapeake Bay early Tuesday as it departed the Port of Baltimore, but the vessel was refloated without pollution or injury, the Coast Guard reported. Members from Coast Guard Sector Virginia are assessing the condition of a Norwegian-flagged MV Tirranna, which is now safely anchored in the Chesapeake Bay. The cause of the grounding is under investigation and there are no reports of pollution, injury or damaged. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Virginia received a report that the Tirranna ran aground in the vicin...