The Dali, a container ship, lost power on March 26 when it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge at the Port of Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse, killing six construction workers and paralyzing a major traffic artery in the northeastern United States.

The U.S. government is suing the owners and operators of the Darley for more than $100 million for crashing into a Baltimore Harbor bridge in March.

According to Bloomberg, the US Department of Justice on Wednesday (September 18) filed a civil lawsuit against the Daly's owner, Grace 0cean, and Synergy Marine, which operated the cargo ship, seeking $103 million (about 727 million yuan) as compensation for the US government's costs of cleaning up underwater debris and reopening the port.

U.S. Attorney General Garland said the Justice Department will make sure those who vandalized the bridge are held accountable. "Through the civil claim, the Department of Justice is working to ensure that the costs of cleaning up the channel and reopening the Port of Baltimore are borne by the company that caused the accident, not by American taxpayers."

In a 53-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Maryland, the Justice Department alleges that shipowners and operators are "cutting corners at a time when lives and infrastructure are at risk." Those responsible for the ship must be held fully accountable for the catastrophic injuries caused and should be subject to punitive damages to deter such misconduct."

The lawsuit accuses the Daly's owner and operator of "sending an ill-prepared crew aboard a highly unseaworthy vessel to navigate the waterways of the United States." Beniamin Mizer, a Justice Department official, said the owner and operator knew of chronic problems with the Daly's electrical and mechanical systems, but "through negligence, mismanagement, and sometimes to reduce costs." Instead of correcting these problems.