Baltimore longshoremen sue owner and manager of ship that caused the Key Bridge collapse

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A group of Baltimore longshoremen have sued the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, arguing the companies should compensate them for wages lost while the port was closed in the aftermath of the deadly disaster. The class action lawsuit adds to a slew of other legal claims alleging the ship’s Singapore-based owner and manager, Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Group, knowingly sent an unseaworthy ship into U.S. waters. “I’ll never forget, I wake up in the morning, getting ready for work, turn on the news — I had to flip the channels twice to make sure it wasn’t a horror movie.” The port fully reopened once the channel was cleared in June, but traffic didn’t immediately bounce back because some ships had been rerouted as the global supply chain made adjustments in the immediate aftermath of the collapse. Darrell Wilson, a Grace Ocean spokesperson, has said the ship’s owner and manager “look forward to our day in court to set the record straight.” FBI agents boarded the Dali in April amid a criminal investigation into the circumstances leading up to the collapse.