Federal officials have boarded a ship operated by the identical company as a cargo ship that the deadly bridge collapse in BaltimoreThe FBI confirmed.
Spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed in statements Saturday that authorities had boarded the Maersk Saltoro, a ship managed by Synergy Marine Group.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division, and Coast Guard Investigative Services are present on board the Maersk Saltoro and are conducting court-authorized law enforcement activities,” said statements from each the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The authorities didn’t provide any further details.
In a lawsuit filed on WednesdayThe U.S. Justice Department has alleged that Dali’s owner Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and manager Synergy Marine Group, each of Singapore, recklessly cut corners on quality and ignored known electrical problems on the vessel, which suffered an influence outage shortly before it collided with a support pillar on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
The Justice Department is attempting to recoup the greater than $100 million the federal government spent to wash up the underwater debris and reopen town’s harbor.
Darrell Wilson, a spokesman for Grace Ocean, confirmed that the FBI and Coast Guard boarded the Maersk Saltoro in Baltimore Harbor on Saturday morning.
Wilson had previously stated that owners and managers were “looking forward to their day in court to set the record straight regarding the Justice Department’s lawsuit.”
