Federal agents boarded a ship operated by the same company as the cargo ship that was involved in the accident. the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, The FBI confirmed this to CBS News.
In a statement on Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland confirmed that authorities had boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship was Synergy Marine Group.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Criminal Investigation and the Coast Guard Investigative Service are on board the Maersk Saltoro and conducting court-authorized law enforcement operations,” the FBI said in a statement to CBS News.
The agency said it could not comment further.
In Wednesday’s lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice Dali’s Owner Grace Ocean Pvt. Ltd.and manager Synergy Marine Group, a Singapore company, recklessly carried out shoddy construction and ignored known electrical problems on the ship that had lost power shortly before the accident. Collided with a pillar It happened on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. Working on the bridge Died.
The Department of Justice Over $100 million recovered The government will fund the removal of debris from the ocean floor, Reopening the city’s port.
Grace Ocean spokesman Darrell Wilson confirmed that the FBI and Coast Guard had boarded the Maersk Saltoro. Port of Baltimore Saturday morning.
Wilson previously said the owners and managers “look forward to the day we present the facts in court” regarding the Justice Department lawsuit.