Transportation
Ship Owner in Bridge Collapse Seeks to Limit Its Liability
- Grace Ocean says it shouldn’t pay more than $43.7 million
- Crash of cargo ship Dali killed six, disrupted road network
The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland on March 26.
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The owner of the ship that rammed into a bridge in Baltimore last week, killing six workers and throwing the eastern US transportation network into chaos, is seeking to limit its liability to about $43.7 million.
The company, Grace Ocean, could face hundreds of millions of dollars in damage claims, legal experts say. On Monday it filed a petition jointly with Synergy Marine, which was operating the Singapore-flagged cargo ship Dali. They claim the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was “not due to any fault, neglect, or want of care” of the companies and that they shouldn’t be held liable for any loss or damage from the disaster.