Ever Forward - April 17 Refloat Scheduled What's Going on With Shipping? April 16, 2022 In this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, Sal Mercogliano - former merchant mariner and maritime historian at Campbell University - discusses the upcoming April 17 attempt to free the grounded MV Ever Forward off the port of Baltimore, Maryland. Included in the episode is a recap of how Ever Forward grounded, what were the likely causes for the grounding, the dredging effort, the first two attempts to free the ship, and the decision to offload containers to lighten the vessel.