2026-05-12 14:15:43 UTC / 路透社
作者：戴维·谢泼德森
2026年5月12日 世界协调时下午2:15 更新于32分钟前
2024年4月4日，美国马里兰州巴尔的摩，撞毁弗朗西斯·斯科特·基大桥的“达利”号货船现场。路透社/内森·霍华德/档案照片 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
华盛顿5月12日路透电 —— 美国司法部周二表示，大陪审团已起诉两名外籍操作人员和一名岸上主管，涉2024年3月984英尺长的“达利”号货船撞桥事故，该事故摧毁了巴尔的摩的弗朗西斯·斯科特·基大桥，并造成6名建筑工人死亡。
司法部称，此次碰撞造成至少50亿美元损失和严重的环境破坏。美国国家运输安全委员会调查发现，电气系统内一根松动的电线导致断路器意外跳闸，引发了一系列连锁反应，最终导致船舶两次断电，失去推进和转向能力。
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总部位于新加坡的Synergy Marine Pte Ltd和总部位于印度金奈的Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd，以及为两家公司担任“达利”号技术主管的47岁印度国民拉达克里希南·卡尔蒂克·奈尔，均被控共谋罪、故意未立即向美国海岸警卫队报告已知危险状况、妨碍执法机构调查以及虚假陈述。
检方称，奈尔目前据信身处印度。
上述两家公司及个人还被控共谋欺诈美国，以及造成桥上6名建筑工人死亡等多项罪名。
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上述两家公司及奈尔还被控向美国国家运输安全委员会提供虚假陈述和文件。
这两家Synergy集团公司还被控违反《清洁水法》《石油污染法》和《垃圾法》，向帕塔普斯科河排放污染物。
根据起诉书，“达利”号在离开巴尔的摩港途中，在四分钟内两次断电，最终撞向基大桥。
司法部称，被告方被指控依靠一台冲洗泵为“达利”号四台发电机中的两台供应燃料，但该冲洗泵并未设计为在断电后自动重启，且“达利”号的发电机在没有燃料供应的情况下无法运转。
起诉书还称，如果“达利”号使用了合适的燃料供应泵，本可以及时恢复电力，安全通过大桥下方。
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US indicts two foreign operators, individual in 2024 collapse of Baltimore Key Bridge
2026-05-12 14:15:43 UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
May 12, 2026 2:15 PM UTC Updated 32 mins ago
View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday a grand jury indicted two foreign operators and a shoreside superintendent in the March 2024 collision of the 984-foot cargo ship Dali that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and killed six construction workers.
The Justice Department said the collision caused at least $5 billion in damage and significant environmental damage. The National Transportation Safety Board found a single loose wire in the electrical system caused a breaker to unexpectedly open, launching a sequence of events that led to two vessel blackouts and a loss of propulsion and steering.
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Synergy Marine Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, based in Chennai, India, along with Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, an Indian national who worked for both companies as the technical superintendent for the Dali, are charged with conspiracy, willfully failing to immediately inform the U.S. Coast Guard of a known hazardous condition, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and false statements.
Prosecutors said Nair is believed to be in India.
The companies and individual were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and with causing the death of six construction workers on the bridge, among other charges.
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The companies and Nair are also charged with providing false statements and documents to the NTSB.
The two Synergy corporations are also charged with violations of the Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Refuse Act for the discharge of pollutants into the Patapsco River.
According to the indictment, the Dali lost power twice in a four-minute span, as it was leaving the Port of Baltimore, causing it to crash into the Key Bridge.
The Justice Department said the defendants are accused of relying on a flushing pump to supply fuel to two of the Dali’s four generators but the flushing pump was not designed to automatically restart following a blackout, and the Dali’s generators could not operate without a fuel supply.
The indictment alleged that if the Dali was using proper fuel supply pumps, the vessel would have regained power in time to safely navigate under the bridge.
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Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Andrea Ricci
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