August 01, 2024
Glynn County told a Georgia federal judge Wednesday it plans to drop all claims against shipping companies it alleged were responsible for a 2019 shipwreck that contaminated its coastline and harmed the seafood industry.
September 05, 2023
The companies responsible for a capsized cargo ship that spilled oil off Georgia's coast were properly notified of a local county's environmental damage suit, a Georgia federal judge ruled, saying Glynn County followed the required procedure.
March 24, 2023
A southeast Georgia county said Thursday it properly notified the companies responsible for the sinking of the MV Golden Ray cargo ship in St. Simons Sound about its claims for damages as required by the Oil Pollution Act, fighting their bid to have its suit against them dismissed.
February 23, 2023
Hyundai's logistics wing and other shipping companies on Thursday urged a Georgia federal judge to toss a county's claims that they are responsible for a vehicle-carrying ship's capsize and subsequent oil spill, saying that the county failed to present claims to the companies before filing the suit.
January 11, 2023
A coastal Georgia county has dropped some of its environmental claims against Hyundai's logistics wing and other shipping and salvage companies it alleges are responsible for the crash of a vehicle-carrying ship and the spill of oil and other chemicals into a sensitive ecosystem.
November 02, 2022
Glynn County, Georgia, said it has "every right" to bring claims against Hyundai's logistics arm and two other shipping companies over an oil spill from a capsized ship, saying it properly alerted the companies to its claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
October 05, 2022
Hyundai's logistics arm and two other shipping companies urged a Georgia federal judge to toss a suit blaming them for an oil spill that contaminated natural resources and tourist hot spots, arguing the claims are overreaching.
June 16, 2022
A Texas salvage and wreck removal company on Wednesday dismissed without prejudice its cross-claim against the owner of a large vehicle carrier that capsized off the coast of Georgia in 2019, in a pollution-related case brought by a Georgia county.
June 09, 2022
A Texas salvage and wreck removal company denied any wrongdoing in the cleanup of a large vehicle carrier that capsized off Georgia's coast, and brought a cross-claim saying negligence of the vessel's owner caused any alleged damages.
March 28, 2022
Hyundai's logistics arm and other companies behind the large vehicle carrier Golden Ray that capsized off Georgia's coast, sending oil and other hazardous materials into unique habitat, should pay for the damage to residents and property, a coastal Georgia county alleges in a federal lawsuit.