The federal government is seeking more than $100 million from the owner and operator of the container vessel M/V Dali to recover losses and clean-up costs stemming from the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

The civil claim, filed by the U.S. Dept. of Justice in federal district court in Maryland, accuses Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Private Ltd. of failing to address known problems with the vessel's mechanical and electrical systems prior to departure from Port of Baltimore en route to Sri Lanka. Two successive power outages occurred as the Dali navigated the Patapsco River’s Fort McHenry Channel, causing the vessel to drift into a bridge support pylon, causing six spans to collapse into the water and across the vessel bow.