BALTIMORE -- A deal has been reached that could pave the way for the crew of the Dali to leave the U.S. nearly three months after the ship struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its collapse, according to court documents. Lawyers for the city of Baltimore had been fighting to keep several crew members of the Dali from leaving the U.S. so they could question them as part of ongoing efforts to determine compensation for the March 26 disaster.
Baltimore and other parties are trying to get payback and fighting claims by Dali's owner and management company to cap damages at $43 million, the salvage value of the ship and its cargo. 'The deckhands, the crew members, what do they really have in the way of knowledge?' Fulweiler asked. 'I think it's probably not much.