The shipping company behind the Baltimore Bridge collapse is seeking to cut its liabilities from as much as $3bn (£2.41bn) to $43m by invoking a pre-Civil War law. Baltimore’s authorities are locked in a court battle with the Singaporean owners of the container ship, which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. Shipowners Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine have invoked an antiquated maritime law to cap their liability from the disaster to about $43m despite costs of between $1bn and $3bn estimated the incident. The arcane law, which was also invoked after the Titanic sank in 1912, was introduced before the Civil War to allow shipowners to cap liability to the value of their cargo. The ship, known as Dali, was carrying more than 4,600 containers on route to China when it crashed into the bridge. Two people have died and four people are missing and presumed dead from the disaster. Lawyers for Baltimore City have sought to stop the move by Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine, accusing them of negligence and saying they should bear more responsibility for the disaster. Legal filings on Monday from Baltimore accused the Dali of being “clearly unseaworthy”. The battle is a...