Shipping firms to pay $102m settlement for Baltimore Bridge cleanup
Al Jazeera
Many unresolved claims remain over the bridge collapse, which killed six people and snarled local shipping for months.
The owner and operator of a cargo ship that slammed into a bridge in the United States east coast port of Baltimore earlier this year, collapsing it and killing six people, will pay a $102m settlement for cleanup costs.
The settlement, cleared Friday by a United States district judge, settles the US government’s claims against Singapore-based firms Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited.
It covers money the US government spent responding to the disaster, including clearing the wreck of the Dali ship and bridge debris from the Port of Baltimore, so the waterway could reopen in June.
“This resolution ensures that the costs of the federal government’s cleanup efforts in the Fort McHenry Channel are borne by Grace Ocean and Synergy and not the American taxpayer,” said Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer in a statement.
