
Two companies, one Indian and another from Singapore, and an Indian engineer have been charged with conspiring to defraud the US and causing the death of six construction workers in 2024. On March 26, 2024, a 900-ft container vessel, Dali, registered in Singapore, crashed into the bridge. 47-year-old Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair who was the technical superintendent for the Dali worked from both Synergy Marine Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, based in Chennai, India.
The US charged the three entities with conspiracy, willfully failing to immediately inform the US Coast Guard of a known hazardous condition, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and false statements.