Container ship Dali

Container ship companies to pay $102M in bridge collapse costs

The two shipping companies involved in the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge have agreed to settle a lawsuit with the federal government for $102 million.

The settlement payment by Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Private Ltd., which owned and managed, respectively, the containership Dali, resolves a $103 million damage claim by the U.S. The money will reimburse agencies that responded after the Dali collided with the bridge on March 26. Those agencies include...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/container-ship-companies-to-pay-102m-in-bridge-collapse-costs

Coal company sues Dali shipowners for over $100M

A major U.S. coal company has added to the growing list of claims against the owner and manager of the Singapore-flagged ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year.

Consol Energy is suing Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Group for damages related to the Key Bridge collapse that “are expected to exceed $100 million,” according to a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Maryland on Wednesday.

Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine, which owned and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/coal-company-sues-dali-shipowners-for-over-100m

Families of workers who died in Baltimore bridge collapse seek damages

The families of those who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse in March have filed wrongful death claims in federal court.

Construction workers Alejandro Hernández Fuentes, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, Carlos Daniel Hernández Estrella, Miguel Ángel Luna González and José Mynor López died when the container ship Dali smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge crumbled into the water below, killing the men and filling the shipping lanes at the Port of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/families-of-workers-who-died-in-baltimore-bridge-collapse-seek-damages

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/doj-seeking-over-100m-from-owner-operator-of-ship-that-struck-key-bridge

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hazmat-carrier-sues-dali-shipowners-for-negligence

Bill aims to strip foreign shipowners’ liability protections

WASHINGTON — New legislation in the U.S. House would prevent the owners of the Singapore-flagged container ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge from evading liability costs related to the accident.

The Justice for Victims of Foreign Vessel Accidents Act, introduced Tuesday by Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Hank Johnson, D-Ga., seeks to increase maritime liability limits for foreign shipowners to up to 10 times the dollar value of the vessel and its cargo, versus the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bill-aims-to-strip-foreign-shipowners-liability-protections