US court orders arrest of tanker after New Orleans cruise ship collision
Verified: 55 outlets in 26 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 11 of them from the United States. 32 injured, according to 2 outlets.
A US federal court has authorised the arrest of the tanker Atlantic Asphalt after the Port of New Orleans launched legal action seeking more than $1m in damages following the collision that sank American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage. The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District …
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Injured · 2 figures, newest first
- 322 outlets: akipress.com, wwno.org· latest Nov 14, 5:41 AM UTCTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River, injuring 32 in New Orleans ↗
- more than 301 outlet: newswire.lk· latest Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTCOver 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleans ↗
- Rescued · 2 figures, newest first
- 1802 outlets: en.protothema.gr, theadvocate.com· latest Nov 14, 6:13 AM UTCMiracle on the Mississippi”: Cruise ship capsizes after tanker collision in New Orleans, all 180 aboard rescued ↗
- more than 1001 outlet: samoaglobalnews.com· latest Nov 14, 5:55 AM UTCMore Than 100 Rescued After Tanker Collides With Cruise Ship in New Orleans ↗
11 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AOL, Bloomberg, CBS News and 8 more · how we count
- Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst reportTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 minTanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
- Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
- Nov 14, 9:23 PM UTC+25 hNew Orleans port sues tanker owner for $1M after cruise ship crashupi.com ↗
- Nov 15, 12:40 AM UTC+28 hUS investigators say too soon to know what caused tanker-cruise ship collisionabc.net.au ↗
- Nov 15, 1:32 AM UTC+29 h· you’re reading thisUS court orders arrest of tanker after New Orleans cruise ship collisionsplash247.com (again) ↗
- Nov 15, 1:36 AM UTC+29 hTanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalisednation.com.pk ↗
[Claude] All three reports cover the same New Orleans tanker-cruise ship collision, with consistent details on location and casualties (differing only in injury and rescue counts that can be reconciled as upda
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