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

Source ABC Local
Original Load Date Nov. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
Last Updated Nov. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
Original URL https://abc7.com/post/new-orleans-port-sues-get-control-tanker-crashed-cruise-ship-mississippi-river/20040594/

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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. All 197 passengers and crew on the American Heritage cruise ship s...