Nearly a dozen sport and commercial fisherman joinedforces to file a class action complaint against the duo in the US DistrictCourt for the Southern District of Texas (Galveston).

The plaintiffs claim the operators of the 43,193-dwt bulker SummerWind (built 1995) and thetug that was towing the barge involved in the spill “failed to exercisereasonable care” to ensure the incident did not occur.

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