Dredging underway to free stuck cargo ship

The U.S. Coast Guard says dredging has begun to free a cargo ship that's been stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a week. Officials said Monday that a salvage company began dredging around the Ever Forward over the weekend.

The work is expected to continue throughout the week. Maryland Port Administration Executive Director William Doyle says dredged materials will be reused to help rebuild an island off the Chesapeake's Eastern Shore that has suffered from severe erosion. The Ever Forward was headed from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, when it ran aground on March 13.The Coast Guard has said officials have not yet determined what caused the Ever Forward to run aground. The ship isn't blocking navigation in the channel, unlike last year's high-profile grounding in the Suez Canal of its sister vessel, the Ever Given, which disrupted the global supply chain for days.