A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Dali’s owner and operator, which alleged that the ship’s builder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, designed a dangerous ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, killing six construction workers.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by Grace Ocean Private Limited, the Dali’s owner, and Synergy Marine Private Limited, its manager, claimed the ship had a simple but dangerous defect that caused the electrical system to lose power.
The lawsuit alleged that a label positioned too close to the end of a critical cable detached, causing a circuit breaker to open. Without electrical power, the ship lost steering capability and struck the bridge…