Federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company responsible for the containership that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore back in March, killing six people and causing the bridge to collapse.
The Maersk Saltoro, managed by Synergy Marine Group, was boarded by the FBI, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division, and Coast Guard Investigative Services in the Port of Baltimore on Saturday morning while conducting “court authorized law enforcement activity,” the FBI said in a statement.
This action follows a civil claim filed this week by the Justice Department against Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singapore-based owner and manager of M/V Dali, respectively. The suit seeks to recover over $100 million in costs incurred by the United States in responding to the disaster…