Transportation

Shippers in Baltimore Disaster Face ‘General Average,’ MSC Says

  • Salvaging means ‘high extraordinary costs’ incurred, MSC says
  • Processes like these often take several years, experts say

The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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The owner of the ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has started a formal process in which companies that own goods on the stricken Dali will have to share some of the financial losses, according to the world’s leading container carrier.