Port of Long Beach Tackling Major Container Spill as 75 Units Fall From ...

Recovery Proceeds in Long Beach as Unified Command Looks for Answers

The operation to remove containers from Long Beach harbor continues as the Unified Command is also working to understand the cause of the container collapse from the docked ship Mississippi on Tuesday morning, September 9. The port emphasizes that it is operational while the team is also working to clear the channel to Pier G, where the vessel is docked. In a press briefing, the Coast Guard provided some additional details on the incident as wel…

Salvage efforts underway after container spill at Port of Long Beach

The shipping channel remains partially closed while crews work to recover about 30 containers still underwater.

An oil spill, a sprained ankle and a damaged boat: What we know about the Long Beach cargo ship mishap

A light oil sheen, a sprained ankle and waterlogged cargo includes some of the damage when approximately 75 cargo containers fell off a stationed vessel named the Mississippi and crashed into a barge at the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday morning.

Port of Long Beach tackling major container spill as 75 units fall from ...

Salvage crews work to recover nearly 70 shipping containers that fell off ship at Port of Long Beach

Crews are working to recover 75 heavy shipping containers Wednesday that fell off a cargo ship into the water at the Port of Long Beach. The 2-ton containers were stacked on the vessel Mississippi Tuesday morning when they toppled into the water. Some landed on a barge next to the cargo ship, which arrived earlier that morning from China with...

US Coast Guard begins salvage operations following Long Beach container collapse

Two boxes retrieved, fuel leakage stopped so far