The Justice Department has reached a more than $100 million settlement with the owner and operator of the containership that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, in a deal that covers the federal government’s costs responding to the bridge’s collapse.
The settlement came just a month after the Justice Department sued the owner and operator of the shipping vessel, named the Dali, which collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge after losing power in the early morning hours of March 26. Six construction workers were killed in the collapse, which severed a critical highway and brought shipping traffic to a standstill out of the Port of Baltimore.
The Justice Department had sought $103 million when it sued two Singaporean corporations: the ship’s registered owner, Grace Ocean Private Ltd., and Synergy Marine, which managed it. The two companies agreed to pay $102 million in the settlement, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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