The owner and operator of the container ship that smashed into a major motorway bridge in Baltimore in March has agreed to pay the US government $100 million in compensation, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Thursday. In exchange, the DoJ agreed to drop its lawsuit, which demanded a similar amount. The agreement requires a judge’s approval before it can proceed. At the end of March, the container ship Dali crashed into a support pillar of the more than 2.5-kilometre-long Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the motorway bridge to collapse. Six workers who were carrying out repairs …