FBI Boards Maersk Saltoro On Early Saturday Morning
On Saturday morning, the FBI and other federal law enforcement agents boarded the Maersk Saltoro, a large container ship at the Port of Baltimore. This vessel is managed by the same parent company involved in a criminal investigation related to the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year.
According to statements from the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland, agents were conducting "court-authorized law enforcement activity" on the Maersk Saltoro, alongside officials from the Coast Guard’s Investigative Services and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division.
However, no further details were provided regarding the nature of the activity or its motivations.
The Saltoro arrived at the Port of Baltimore around 6 a.m., shortly before sunrise, passing under what was once the span of the Key Bridge as it entered the Seagirt Marine Terminal.
Officials, some wearing FBI-branded jackets and hard hats, arrived in unmarked black SUVs and white sedans and assembled on the dock outside the ship.