Kirby is looking to recover damages and cap its liability after a collision with a K Line-controlled LPG carrier caused an oil spill and shuttered the Houston Ship Channel for three days last month.

A subsidiary of the Houston-based Jones Act tank barge owner filed suit against the 82,400-cbm Genesis River (built 2018), manager K Line Energy Ship Management its registered owner FPG Shipholding Panama and this week in Galveston federal court.