The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a civil claim seeking more than $100 million from the owner and operator of the container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore killing six and paralyzing a major transportation artery for the U.

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the owner and manager of the Dali, the cargo ship that crashed into a support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, killing six members of a road work crew.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a civil claim seeking $103 million from the two Singaporean companies that owned and operated the container ship that in March toppled the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, killing six people and paralyzing a major transportation artery for the U.S. Northeast.