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Under the settlement, the owners and operators of the Dali vessel -- the Singaporean corporations Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited -- will pay $101,980,000 to resolve civil claims brought against them by the Justice Department in September, the federal prosecutors said.

The settlement does not include damages related to the reconstruction of the bridge, which was owned by the state of Maryland, the DOJ said. Attorneys have filed a claim for those damages on behalf of the state, the DOJ said.

According to the cost estimates provided by the Maryland government, the bridge's reconstruction will cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, Shailen Bhatt, administrator for the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, said in May.

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