"A light oil sheen, a sprained ankle and waterlogged cargo were among the damage reported when approximately 75 cargo containers tumbled off a stationed vessel at the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday morning. The U.S. Coast Guard, which is leading the investigation into the incident along with the National Transportation Safety Board, provided an update along with Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and other officials Wednesday afternoon but offered no definite explanation for the cause of the unusual mishap."
"The containers, which carried general cargo such as clothes, furniture, shoes and electronics, mysteriously fell overboard while the vessel was "in the process of offloading" at Pier G around 9 a.m., according to U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Stacey Crecy. The containers crashed into the water as well as struck and damaged a smaller clean-air barge connected to the large ship named Mississippi. The containers were seen floating in the port Tuesday morning. Members of the Long Beach Police and Fire departments used boats to help corral the giant shipping crates."
""It was a miracle that no one suffered any major injuries, especially those individuals who were on the emissions collection barge at the time when the containers fell on top of it," Crecy said."
About 75 cargo containers tumbled off the container ship Mississippi while it was offloading at Pier G in the Port of Long Beach around 9 a.m. The containers carried general cargo including clothes, furniture, shoes and electronics and crashed into the water and onto a smaller clean-air barge, damaging it. A light oil sheen appeared and many containers became waterlogged. Long Beach police and fire units used boats to corral floating crates and established an isolation perimeter after several containers leaned against a gantry crane. The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating, and one worker sprained an ankle.
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