New Orleans port seeks tanker seizure after cruise ship crash sparks $1 million lawsuit
Verified: 57 outlets in 26 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 11 of them from the United States. 32 injured, according to 2 outlets.
The Port of New Orleans is seeking more than $1 million in damages after an asphalt tanker struck a docked river cruise ship on the Mississippi River, with a federal judge authorizing the tanker's seizure. The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and obtained by FOX Business, names the Atlantic Asphalt tanker, its owner, Nave Shipping SA, and its management company, Thome Ship Management Pte Ltd. The port alleges the collision caused more than $1 million in physical damage to its Thalia Street Terminal, where the American Heritage cruise ship…
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- 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 15, 3:35 AM UTC+31 hNew Orleans port sues for control of tanker after crash with boat1news.co.nz (again) ↗
- Nov 15, 4:58 AM UTC+33 hNew Orleans port sues to get control of tanker that crashed into cruise ship on Mississippi Rivernbcsandiego.com ↗
- Nov 15, 5:51 AM UTC+34 hTanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalizedfbcnews.com.fj (again) ↗
- Nov 15, 9:29 AM UTC+37 h· you’re reading thisNew Orleans port seeks tanker seizure after cruise ship crash sparks $1 million lawsuitfoxbusiness.com ↗
[Claude] All three reports cover the same New Orleans port lawsuit over the tanker-cruise ship collision on the Mississippi, with no conflicting facts.
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