The U.S. Coast Guard approved a new plan to refloat a massive cargo ship that’s been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for almost three weeks, and the shipping company is invoking a maritime law that will affect everyone who has something on the ship.
Source: Shipping Company Invokes Maritime Law to Help Pay for Freeing Cargo Ship From Chesapeake Bay
i think the ship that got stuck int he Suez canal used similar maritime law to recover costs.
