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

In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Lawyer’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 Legal Investigation Division and Coast Guard Investigative Companies are current aboard the Maersk Saltoro conducting court docket approved legislation enforcement exercise,” the FBI informed CBS Information in an announcement.

The company stated 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 minimize corners and ignored identified 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 searching 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 stated the proprietor and supervisor “sit up for our day in court docket to set the report straight” in regards to the Justice Division’s lawsuit.