Federal agents boarded a ship managed by the same company involved in the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collision, the FBI said Saturday.
The ship, the Maersk Saltoro, is owned by Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and managed by Synergy Marine Group. The companies are being sued by the Justice Department for more than $100 million in connection with their actions in the March bridge crash, with the agency alleging that the owner of the Dali and the company acted recklessly.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division and Coast Guard Investigative Services are present aboard the Maersk Saltoro conducting court authorized law enforcement activity,” statements from both the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office said. No other details were offered.
Darrell Wilson, a Grace Ocean spokesman, confirmed to the Associated Press that the FBI and Coast Guard boarded the ship in the Port of Baltimore on Saturday morning.
The March 26th Baltimore bridge collapse killed six people and cost Maryland millions in damages. A May cost estimate showed the state will pay $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion to rebuild the bridge over a four-year period with an open date aimed at fall 2028.