(5 Aug 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baltimore – 3 April 2025
1. View of ship and wrecked frame of bridge from passing boat
2. Wrecked frame of bridge protruding from water
3. Pillar from bridge standing, wrecked frame and ship further away
4. Wider view of ship and bridge
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baltimore – 31 March 2025
5. View of ship and containers on board from passing boat, pan to wrecked frame of bridge
6. Wider view of ship and wrecked frame of bridge
7. Various shots of ship and wrecked bridge
STORYLINE:
The owners of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge are suing the company that built the vessel, alleging negligence in the design of a critical switchboard on the ship.
Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine PTE Ltd, the owners of the Dali, filed the lawsuit last week against Hyundai Heavy Industries in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
“As a result of the defectively designed Switchboard, the Vessel suffered a power outage that led to the allision with the Key Bridge,” Grace Ocean Private alleges in the lawsuit.
Hyundai Heavy Industries could not immediately be reached for comment. Court records in the case did not name legal representatives for Hyundai.
Grace Ocean Private contends the switchboard was defectively designed in a manner that wiring connections were not secure. The defect, the company alleges, “caused the switchboard and the vessel to be unreasonably dangerous … when it left HHI’s control."
“HHI’s defective manufacture of the Switchboard and Vessel caused the signal wiring to come loose in normal operation, resulting in the power outage that led to the allision,” the lawsuit says.
The Dali was leaving Baltimore bound for Sri Lanka on March 26 last year when its steering failed due to the power loss. It crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns, destroying the 1.6-mile span and killing six members of a roadwork crew. Baltimore’s port was closed for months, and increased traffic congestion remains a problem across the region.
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