"At least 50 shipping containers slipped off a vessel at the Port of Long Beach Tuesday morning, leaving officials scrambling to determine what happened. Port spokesperson Art Marroquin said the ship, the Mississippi, was berthed at Terminal G just before 9 a.m. when the containers mysteriously fell overboard into the nearby water. Marroquin and other port officials did not respond to questions about the ship."
"They confirmed, however, that no injuries were reported and all operations have been temporarily suspended as responders work to secure the containers. Port officials are in the preliminary stages of investigating what caused the incident. An online site dedicated to tracking ships says the Mississippi flies under a Portuguese flag and was last docked in China two weeks ago."
"The port handles more than 9 million 20-foot containers per year from 2,000 vessels, moving one-fourth of all containers on the West Coast."
At least 50 shipping containers slipped off the cargo vessel Mississippi while the ship was berthed at Terminal G in the Port of Long Beach just before 9 a.m. The containers fell overboard into nearby water. No injuries were reported and port operations were temporarily suspended as responders worked to secure the containers. Port officials opened a preliminary investigation into the cause. A vessel-tracking site reports the Mississippi flies a Portuguese flag and was last docked in China two weeks earlier. The incident occurred four days after the port received a Best West Coast seaport designation; the port handles over 9 million 20-foot containers annually.
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