Federal brokers have boarded a vessel managed by the identical firm as a cargo ship that precipitated the lethal Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI has confirmed to CBS Information. 

In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace in Maryland confirmed that authorities have boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship is managed by Synergy Marine Group.

“The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Environmental Safety Company’s Felony Investigation Division and Coast Guard Investigative Companies are current aboard the Maersk Saltoro conducting courtroom approved regulation enforcement exercise,” the FBI informed CBS Information in a press release.

The company mentioned it was “unable to remark additional.” 

In a lawsuit Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Division has alleged that Dali proprietor Grace Ocean Non-public Ltd. and supervisor Synergy Marine Group, each of Singapore, recklessly reduce corners and ignored recognized electrical issues on the vessel that had an influence outage moments earlier than it crashed right into a help column on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. Six males who had been doing work on the bridge died. 

The Justice Division is looking for to get well greater than $100 million the federal government spent to clear the underwater particles and reopen town’s port.

Darrell Wilson, a Grace Ocean spokesperson, confirmed that the FBI and Coast Guard boarded the Maersk Saltoro within the Port of Baltimore on Saturday morning.

Wilson has beforehand mentioned the proprietor and supervisor “look ahead to our day in courtroom to set the report straight” in regards to the Justice Division’s lawsuit.