Grace Ocean Private Ltd.

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