LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials are seeking $7.1 million in damages from the company that operated a ship that crashed into a bridge while carrying a Decatur-assembled rocket.

The collision caused the span over the Tennessee River to collapse.

The claim by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is the largest among the more than $7.8 million in damages sought by businesses and residents near the wreck site in western Kentucky.

The Delta Mariner was carrying an Atlas rocket booster and other components for the U.S. Air Force’s AEHF-2 mission from its port near United Launch Alliance’s Decatur plant to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a trip that normally takes about 10 days. The rocket parts were not damaged, and there was no change in the scheduled launch date in April, the company said.

BellSouth Telecommunications filed a $59,000 damages claim, and the owners of a nearby restaurant filed a $33,000 claim for lost income while the bridge was being repaired from Jan. 26 to May 25.

The claims were made public Thursday as part of a filing by Foss Maritime, which owns the M/V Delta Mariner, the ship that struck the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge near Aurora a year ago.

The company has asked a federal judge to rule it was not responsible for causing the collapse because some of the bridge’s lights were not working. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials acknowledged that some bridge lights were out, but said the Coast Guard issued a series of warnings to mariners about the bridge before the wreck.

Under maritime law, Foss Maritime doesn’t have to sue another party. Instead, it asks a judge to rule on the extent of liability and to halt all other lawsuits and legal proceedings while that determination is made.

A message left Thursday for a Foss Maritime spokeswoman was not returned.

The amount being sought so far by Kentucky matches the total of an emergency contract Gov. Steve Beshear awarded last year to a Louisville construction company to repair the 80-year-old bridge.

Kentucky officials said in their claim that the ship’s operators failed to heed repeated warnings about the bridge, including one just before the collapse from a nearby vessel.

“The span chosen for transit was not marked for transit by commercial vessels such as the M/V Delta Mariner and there was no vertical clearance information available on any of the electronic or printed materials in the pilothouse,” Steven Smith, an attorney for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, wrote in the claim.

The missing span halted traffic on U.S. 68 between the western shore of Kentucky Lake and the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.