The owners of the Dali container ship that crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 are suing the company that built the vessel, over claims that a defective switchboard caused the power outages that led to the incident.

The Associated Press reports that the Dali's two owners — Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine PTE Ltd — filed the lawsuit in late July against Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). In the lawsuit, the companies claim that HHI designed a switchboard for the vessel with loose wiring connections, which made the ship "unreasonably dangerous," and directly led to multiple power outages aboard the ship leading up to the crash.

According to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board, the Dali experienced two electrical blackouts 10 hours before it left the Port of Baltimore on March 26, 2024. Although the vessel's power came back online long enough for it to leave the port, the Dali experienced another blackout just over a half mile before it reached the Key Bridge, stopping its propeller and preventing the rudder from moving. 

In October 2024, Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine PTE Ltd agreed to pay more than $102 million in cleanup costs to settle a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice. Seven months later, more than 20 people and businesses — including two survivors of the crash and the families of the six people who were killed — filed notice to sue the state of Maryland, alleging that the state hadn't properly protected the Key Bridge from a collapse.