Actually it appears to be a perfect storm of woke and incompetence.
https://gcaptain.com/breaking-mv-dali-cited-for-propulsion-issues-before-baltimore-incident/
https://twitter.com/portofbalt/status/1770906086909878367?t=gkCOp0BYfmgE_R4E7WFyMA&s=19
https://twitter.com/portofbalt/status/1769792842963075560?t=SNAK7okgrHY1KQilFTtTQQ&s=19
https://twitter.com/portofbalt/status/1768354262092796281?t=tEghA1p8jgE2ZlPdX_lLRA&s=19
MUCH too soon to draw such conclusions. That gcaptain site looks credible, but unless I missed something the gigs the ship picked up in Chile were vanishingly minor, and she passed a USCG inspection in New York 3 months later.