BALTIMORE : The maritime accident on March 26 in which the container vessel Dali collided with and brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge could see the resurrection of an obscure 1851 maritime law on limited liability, coupled with the General Average declaration, to limit the claims by cargo owners and others on the liner and its owners. The law was first invoked by the owner of the Titanic after it sank in 1912, to limit its…
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Obscure law may force cargo owners to share ship salvaging cost in Baltimore Bridge accident
