Key takeaways

  • A federal lawsuit seeks more than $1 million for damage to a New Orleans port terminal after an asphalt tanker collided with a river cruise ship on the Mississippi River.
  • 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.
  • FAA PROPOSES $350K FINE AGAINST CHARTER COMPANY OVER UNAUTHORIZED FLIGHTS The collision occurred around 12:30 p.m. Friday near the Crescent City Connection bridge in New Orleans.

The Port of New Orleans is seeking over $1 million in damages after a tanker struck a docked cruise ship, prompting a federal judge to issue a seizure warrant.

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