I disagree. Based on the damage to the two vessels, I estimate they were on almost parallel (but converging) courses, with the cargo carrier having a slightly higher speed (overtaking).
Also, for a 17:29Z collision, the orange circle should be centered between the "n" and the "o" in "knots", in the dark blue label above...
The reports say the ACX Crystal suffered from an impact on the left or port side of its bow. From what I see of the USS Fitzgerald, the ACX was travailing at a perpendicular angle into its starboard side. The destroyer might have been like someone trying to get across a busy street, thinking it could get out of the way of the oncoming cars in time — in this case, a miscalculation.