The Port of New Orleans is seeking more than $1 million in damages after an asphalt tanker struck a docked river cruise ship on the Mississippi River, with a federal judge authorizing the tanker's seizure.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and obtained by FOX Business, names the Atlantic Asphalt tanker, its owner, Nave Shipping SA, and its management company, Thome Ship Management Pte Ltd.

The port alleges the collision caused more than $1 million in physical damage to its Thalia Street Terminal, where the American Heritage cruise ship was docked Friday afternoon.

The port is also seeking…

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