New Orleans port sues to get control of tanker that crashed into cruise ship on Mississippi River

New Orleans port officials have sued the owner of a tanker that slammed into a cruise ship on the Mississippi River

All cruise ship passengers and crew were accounted for, though 32 people were left with non-serious injuries from Friday's collision. All 197 passengers and crew on the American Heritage cruise ship survived Friday as well as the crew on the tanker. Just hours after a tanker in New Orleans lost its steering and slammed into a docked river cruise boat, the city’s port sued to make sure federal investigators can seize the vessel that is owned by a subsidiary of a Chinese company.

The lawsuit, filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, said the Atlantic Asphalt tanker caused at least $1 million in damage to its terminal. A judge issued a warrant Friday giving federal officials control of the ship for now.

BBC News reported the story as "New Orleans port sues tanker owners over cruise ship collision for $1m." PBS NewsHour reported the story as "New Orleans port sues to get control of tanker that crashed into cruise ship on Mississippi River." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the story as "New Orleans port sues to get control of tanker that crashed into cruise ship on Mississippi River."

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7 sources have covered this story, including BBC News, Global News Canada, PBS NewsHour and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and 3 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 1 hour ago.

Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 32, 197); the published One News summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.