October 27, 2016
American Commercial Lines LLC has agreed to pay the federal government $20 million for removal costs and damages from a 2008 oil spill caused by a barge collision on the Mississippi, resolving claims that were headed toward a November trial.
September 20, 2016
A Louisiana federal judge on Monday refused to cut American Commercial Lines LLC loose from certain claims stemming from a 2008 oil barge collision, ruling in part that businesses didn't necessarily need to show that their boats or docks were physically oiled by the spill in order to claim damages.
August 10, 2016
The federal government on Tuesday blasted a bid by American Commercial Lines LLC to escape certain claims stemming from a 2008 oil barge collision, saying it's "nonsense" to think that the river shipper could avoid compensating businesses for losses due to the river's closure after the spill.
January 22, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday found American Commercial Lines LLC liable to the U.S. government for $23.1 million of cleanup costs from a 2008 oil barge collision that spilled nearly 300,000 gallons of oil into the Mississippi River.
March 22, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday denied American Commercial Lines LLC's bid to pull two remediation companies into a U.S. suit over $24.8 million in cleanup costs from a 2008 Mississippi River oil spill that led to criminal charges.
January 20, 2012
American Commercial Lines LLC, hit with a $24.8 million suit demanding it foot the cleanup bill for a 2008 Mississippi River oil spill that led to criminal charges, told a Louisiana federal judge Friday that the U.S. should instead collect from two companies ACL has already paid for cleanup services.
August 22, 2011
The U.S. slapped American Commercial Lines LLC and DRD Towing Co. LLC with a $24.8 million suit in Louisiana on Monday, demanding they foot the cleanup bill for a major oil spill in the Mississippi River in 2008 that led to criminal charges.