An explosion blasted away debris trapping a cargo ship in the Patapsco River.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/3uP3y

  • @aleph
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    1220 days ago

    Grace Ocean and Synergy filed a petition on April 1 in Maryland federal court to limit their liability from the crash. If the court grants it, the companies’ liability could be limited to the present value of the ship, which they estimated to be $42.5 million, according to the petition. Source

    Which would leave the tax payer footing the bill for the remaining $1.46B cost of reconstruction. Classic.