State of Louisiana sues Bermuda P&I Club for $12 m
A Bermuda-based P&I Club is being sued for $12 million damages after an oil tanker collided with a bridge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Ltd. is a defendant along with Kition Shipping Co. Ltd., V. Ships Switzerland SA, Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. Inc., E. N. Bisso & Son Inc., J. Strahan, Jr., and M/T Kition in a complaint that was filed by the State of Louisiana, through its Department of Transportation and Development, at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana on February 6, 2008.