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Shipping firms to pay $102m settlement for Baltimore Bridge cleanup

Clea-up operations take place around the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, June 10, 2024 [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

The owner and operator of a cargo ship that slammed into a bridge in the United States east coast port of Baltimore earlier this year, collapsing it and killing six people, will pay a $102m settlement for cleanup costs.

The settlement, cleared Friday by a United States district judge, settles the US government’s claims against Singapore-based firms Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited.

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