DOJ seeking over $100M from owner, operator of ship that struck Key Bridge

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking over $100 million from the owner and operator of the Dali, the container ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse.

The Justice Department filed a claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on Wednesday against Singaporean companies Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Private Ltd. The suit hopes to recoup costs incurred in reopening access to the Port of Baltimore.

Container ship Dali, bound for Sri...

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Hazmat carrier sues Dali shipowners for negligence

A Baltimore trucking company is suing the owners and managers of the container ship Dali for indirectly crippling its business.

Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Group, the owner and crew manager, respectively, of the Singapore-flagged ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after crashing into it in March, have petitioned for liability protection in a federal court in Maryland.

But Underwood Energy Inc., which owns hazmat trucks and runs a rail-to-truck transfer...

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