Those people who died oh the bridge just doing their jobs deserve to have their families taken care of and not just the lawyers

45 million for that kind of damage is a joke. Like putting a bandaid on a severed leg.

Not to mention that they killed 6 workers on the bridge! $43M doesn't even cover the wrongful death suit.

They pass the cost to the consumer but after the cause is resolved, the price remains at the higher level.

NO CAP NO WAY NO HOW!!!! If you break it you bought it!!!! In their case they destroyed a bridge and killed people!!!!

This will be in court for decades

There was never any doubt in my mind that sooner or later we were going to learn that power failure should’ve never happened and of course, now we know why.

No cap on liability. The US should go after the owner and manager and any other company involved with the Dali and sue them into oblivion

This ship was banned from leaving Australia as the company wouldn't pay their crew and they hadn't been off the ship for over 13 months

Why is this only a lawsuit. There needs to be criminal charges.

No consumers shouldnt be punished for that F up it should be passed along to the ship owners as well as the cost of the rebuilding of the bridge and for those dock workers who made be laid off !

Why call this a major revelation? Even on the day of the accident there were reports that this ship had a documented history of problems with the systems that caused the accident.

A group of people need to go to prison.

Passing costs along means people who had nothing to do with this fiasco, no idea the ship needed repair end up paying one way or another. It is inherently unfair.

Whoever was the genius that allowed a ship of that size to transit under the bridge without tug support, should be the one put behind bars first. Then the captain, the engineer and then the pilot

The damages should include reimbursing everyone that has to pay for the increased costs of goods that normally come through the port.

It kind of looks like it was aiming straight for it.

If the cargo line was liable, as it appears that it is.The company SHOULD BE COMPLETELY FINED FOR ALL OF THE DAMAGES .NO HOLES BARRED

I’ve worked on these ships. Gonna let you in on something. A lot of these ships have major major mechanical and structural problems. Many time have I seen the owner or managers of these shipping companies wait till the last moment to repair these ships. Seen it time and time again. They wait for something to become a real problem before they do anything about it.

Lives were lost and Totally destroyed the bridge!

Okay , if it had known problems why didn’t they use tugs to get it out of the safely. The answer is money??? Right ????

Industries and distributers unaffected by this will say "well that bridge collapsed so we have to raise prices 400%"

Their negligence unalived 6 souls.

This bridge spanning a limited shipping space to the Port of Baltimore, was a ticking time bomb. Surely the port authority should have recognised the fact that as the years went by the ships coming into the river and more importantly under the bridge, were getting larger and if a problem occurred could, at the very least, do some serious damage to it. Proper planning by the port authority should have included buying tugboats capable of escorting huge ships of this size from the wharf areas out to beyond the bridge structure and visa versa. I really don’t think that the housekeeping at such a large and vital port was adequate. Thanks.

How disgusting is it they talk all about the port and money....what about the families that BURIED LOVED ONES?? Who's talking for them?

This is what I've been talking about since the wreck. 😮

Remarkable news the Bridge didn't simply just collapse! Something hit it!

I remember the captain of the Valdez in Alaska

that bridge needed to be replaced 40 years ago when it was deemed not safe for traffic

Politicians LOVE to pass the buck. How many years or decades have engineers been recommending the installation of bridge pier protection? The shipping company definitely screwed up, but bankrupting them isn't going to cover all the expenses incurred. An ounce of prevention...

Money money money. WHAT ABOUT LIFE LIFE LIFE? 🤬

6 people died. What about them?

everybody is going to get sued. The pillars were not properly protected either.

I wish one time that a retailer would create an active list of the things they purchase/rent/or other things that come out of their pockets that cost more as a result of a disaster. Just let us see what really goes up in price and who inflates their real expenses.

It's like a bus crash in the city, everyone in the neighborhood where the crash happened was on the bus.

What sucks about this is the companies may get reimbursed for increased costs but they won’t pass that on to us after purchasing the items.

That level of irresponsibility is unconscionable. That is criminal negligence plain and simple.

I've noticed nobody is talking about the fact the port is required to do a safety inspection on the vessel before it is released? also missing is the fact that a Harbor pilot needed to be on board for arrival and departure, they are also responsible for alerting the harbor master of any and all deficiencies in the ship. I wonder why none of this is being discussed.

Businesses not impacted will also raise prices claiming shipping issues

I've seen footage of the bridge collapse. That bridge went down like a wet noodle, and it seems obvious that engineers had not built in any safety factors in case something hit it. The owners of the Dali bear responsibility, but they are not alone in doing so.

We are seeing significant increases in fuel prices too, at least in the Baltimore area. There are terminals on the south side of the scene and the trucks have to go all the way around the city via 695 just to get to the other side of the bridge into sparrows point to get to the gas stations here.

Called it, the ship had issues but they decided to chance it instead of staying in port all because of their schedule and no the court wont allow them to cap the costs due the shear amount of damage and economical losses

The ‘wild, wild west’ mentality in certain aspects of “huge” shipping containers is being revealed.

They mentioned the 6 killed only once. When the press release was read, it didn't say anything about them. No cap on cost. Ships this large should have a lockout to avoid things like this. The people who decided to leave port with known electrical issues should be prosecuted.

Destroying the liability cap in Baltimore would mean ship owners would stop using Baltimore. Bye bye city

What about the charges that exploded at each end of the fallen part of the bridge? I can’t be the only one who saw those

This is why ports have tugboats. What seems to be the problem at this port. Do they not want to pay to operators? You should let foreign vessels come into your port and navigate on their own. That doesn’t make any sense they could crash and take out a bridge. .

And what about the liability for lives lost.

What about those poor innocent workers that lost their lives no mention of them.

There were cutting charges going off at strategic joints, on the bridge, when the ship hit it. You can see them in the videos. They were similar to the charges that could be seen going off in the World Trade Center, collapsing it into it's footprint. Building 7 collapsed without a plane hitting it.

The guy wonders why increased costs get passed on. He's obviously never ran a business and done things like pay employees or a lease. Good illustration of the caliber of people in government.

46 million is owed to Baltimore.

How many workers are still missing?

Sorry but maritime insurance law is gonna trump what a few midnight contingency-fee lawyers think.

and why did the bridge have basically no protection for the piers. ? because baltimore didn't want to spend the money even though it was proposed after 9-11

And the 6 workers who died ! They can't be rebuilt .

Pass those costs along to us, but maintain those profits! Let the masses pay.

As a retired seaman Baltimore was always a minor port, your making it out to be a major hub and that it is not.

Nobody is 100% liable for any disaster. There's always a small amount of blame assignable to all parties involved.

My dad always told me when I'd get hurt to suck it up buttercup ! My kids are priceless , Every parent shares the the same sentiment ! ..... justice will prevail in this tragedy and compassion will far exceed 43 million dollars for the families alone !

Gross negligence at the very least.Should have had tugs escort all the way to breakwater if they knew power was unreliable or faulty.As facts come out this tragedy should never have happened.

Does this go to Admirality court or to a local district or federal court .

Excuse me but the worst part was the loss of life of innocent people

This is what I was expecting. Blame the shipping company. Ships always break down and the bridge was very flimsy and not at all protected. The idea that this is 100% the fault of the shipping company is just scapegoating and lets off the real culprits who are the authorities that did not protect their flimsy bridge.

This is the cost of doing business with other countries. Lost lives, jobs, productivity, and paralyzing inflation. Thanks government

It's nothing new that the employees are forced to use broken equipment. I've once was given the company car to be driven to location 400km away from company. I've noticed that that the rear of the car was a bit lower on the right side. They said that's a minor issue, but it turned out later that there were no suspension at all at rear right wheel. This could end up deadly too!

Hmm... I was on Norwegian Cruise in summer of 1995 and for 20 minutes, in the night time, the ship's power went off. Wonder if this is a normal occurrence?

That pittance will not even pay to replace the bridge, no less massive business losses, city losses, loss of jobs + income to port workers, even costs of demolition of bridge debris and clearing the channel. The owners must plan on paying several billion at the very least.

The largest fault is Baltimore port not ensuring the bridge supports were protected in the first place, the accident should never have happened, plus a bridge in a shipping lane should have been better constructed, not to be pretty.

the closure costs will be dwarfed by the replacement cost for the bridge.

So... Captain was under order from shipping company owners management to set sail anyway limp to Sri Lanka where maintenance costs to repair would be much lower than in Baltimore.

The ship owners should countersue the city for not taking care of the bridge. It was falling apart and a rusty piece of garbage before the ship even hit it.

It isn't ships going in that's a problem. They can be diverted to other ports. It's the ships blocked in Baltimore that cannot get out. Their generators are kept running,crews fed and housed and the ship not working.

Why should we pay any increase in the cost of goods they are insured aren't THEY

All train commuters who used the train to cross the bridge should be responsible for all financial obligations to repair the bridge

They should go out of business after paying for everything. Such criminal behavior must be prevented to prevail.

Ridiculously low liability caps are actually pretty common in maritime cases because they're based on the value of the ship and cargo. The sketchy part is that they're based on the value at the time of the suit/resolution so if the ship was severely damaged or sunk the liability limit can be very low or even zero

What about the negligence of the bridge builders not installing rock or concrete protective barriers around the bridge supports.

Passing the cost along to consumers is bullsh*t. This accident can cause delays but there's no excuse to raise prices. There's enough greed already!

The limit of liability should be capped at complete repair costs to bring it back to pre-collision condition, plus the families of the deceased compensation, plus lost revenue due to their negligence, plus prison time for those found to be knowingly negligent.

😢 loss of life the real cost.

If no one goes to jail things will never change.

When I look up that case file its the owners liability petition not what we see here?

Someone pointed out, that a puff of black smoke raised fron the ship just before impact. Did the ship accelerate? There could be an alternative explanation.

Granted, it was a crappy bridge that I avoided after my first crossing, but what part of the bridge do they think can be replaced by 43 million ?

On the day it happened there was a local Baltimore news video on here featuring a femal dockworker who stated the vessel was having serious electrical problems right up to the time it departed. The video dissapeared and asking around I was told the dockworker had recanted her story....

Duh! The Dali had been cited several times before this for serious deficiencies and should never been allowed into an American port.

Life in prison for the manager who ordered that ship to leave port

It’s rather apparent that the design of that bridge was poor, hit one support and half of the bridge falls !

Imagine that ... huge shipping corporations "cutting costs" at the expense of fleet maintenance. Who would have thunk it 🤔

Never let a crisis go to waste

I think that liability of the company should be. 1. If found to NOT be negligent .... liable for cleanup of the bridge. 2. If found to BE Negligent ... liable for clean up / rebuild / and civil liabilty for the road crew lives lost.

Sue the company for everything

The ship owner must be held as fully accountable as possible.

The City of Baltimore has a harbor captain who did not do his job, along with a tug crew who deserted the escort of the ship safely through the channel, bottom line the tug boat could easily have guided the cargo ship away from the piers. It is the City who are guilty of destroying the bridge as the Tug was not doing its job when the ship lost power, The ship owners should be suing the city for not doing the job they were paid to do!

The consumer cost increase should be temporary until things start moving again, but for some reason it never turns out that way.....🤔

The owners of the Dali the actual senior corporate management should be under criminal investigation.

Everything that happens causes suppliers and retailers to use that event (and they never stop) to raise prices more. Whether it's a train derailment, a toxic spill, a strike, a bridge collapse, a bridge fire, a flood, a wildfire, a drought - the list is endless, and no one seems to verify how or why every single business gets to raise prices when stuff happens that may have had nothing whatsoever to do with this particular bridge and this particular ship. But, never let a good opportunity go to waste.

The bridge fell faster than stormy daniels pants , this was a disaster waiting to happen poor engineering from earlier times.This shipping company must be forced to payup for the bridge and the victims.

They also have to factor in disruption to road traffic over an extended period and the cost of rebuilding. The bridge wasn’t there just for fun.