# New Orleans Port Sues Tanker After River Crash

> New Orleans port sues to seize Chinese-owned tanker after Mississippi River collision.
- Title: New Orleans Port Sues Tanker After River Crash · Seattletimes
- Summary: New Orleans port sues to seize Chinese-owned tanker after Mississippi River collision.
- Keywords: port of new orleans, atlantic asphalt, nave shipping sa, china state shipbuilding corporation, mississippi river, cruise ship, tanker crash, federal investigators, Seattletimes
- Source: Seattletimes — https://seattletimes.com/business/new-orleans-port-sues-to-get-control-of-tanker-that-crashed-into-cruise-ship-on-mississippi-river
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## Port Sues Tanker
New Orleans port sued to get control of Chinese-owned tanker after Mississippi River collision.
## Crash Details
Tanker lost steering and hit cruise ship, causing $1 million in damage and 32 hospitalizations.
## Survivors Report
Passenger Joe Knab described being thrown into 66-degree river water for 15 minutes.
## Fuel Removal
Coast Guard says 16,000 gallons of fuel must be removed safely from tanker.
## Tanker Ownership
Tanker owned by Nave Shipping SA, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation.
## Hospitalized
32 people hospitalized after crash, including two police officers thrown into river.
## Key takeaway

New Orleans port filed a lawsuit to seize a Chinese subsidiary-owned tanker that crashed into a cruise ship, causing $1 million in damage and 32 hospitalizations.