Singapore's Grace Ocean and Synergy Group, respectively owner and operator of the container ship Dali which last March he had hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge of Baltimore causing its collapse ( of 26 and 26 March and 24 April 2024), have reached an agreement with the Department of US justice on the reimbursement of part of the damages caused from the accident. The two Asian companies have agreed to pay about $102 million for the reclamation of the canal, money that will be paid partly into the coffers of the Treasury and partly to various federal agencies. "This resolution - Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer pointed out - ensures that the costs of the federal government's efforts to clearance in the Fort McHenry Canal are supported by Grace Ocean and Synergy and not by the American taxpayer."

"This," added the associate attorney general Brian Boynton - it's an extraordinary achievement that pays off the United States for the costs incurred in responding to this disaster and considers the owner and operator of Dali responsible". The prosecutor did not specify the liability cases, but the agreement does not include the payment of any damage for the reconstruction of the bridge. The responsibility related to the accident was again categorically rejected by the two companies of Singapore: "The agreement - specified today the Grace Ocean and the Synergy Group - covers only the costs related to the reclamation of the canal, for which we would have been responsible in any case, and is not indicative of any liability for the accident that led to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge which we clearly reject. No punitive compensation - they have underlined the two companies - was imposed as part of this agreement". Regarding liability Grace Ocean and Synergy Group announced that are ready to defend themselves vigorously in pending proceedings in the Federal Court in Baltimore. The State of Maryland, which has built and managed the bridge, has in fact filed a lawsuit for the compensation for damages related to the destruction of the bridge.