FROM ABC NEWS: Nearly 70 shipping containers tumbled off a ship and into the water at the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday morning when a cargo vessel listed to one side, damaging a clean air barge connected to the ship, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
The incident occurred around 9 a.m. when containers aboard the vessel Mississippi began collapsing at the Pier G container terminal, according to Coast Guard officials. Officials said an estimated 67 shipping containers fell off the cargo ship and into the water at Pier G within the Port of Long Beach.
Several of the fallen containers struck a smaller clean air barge that was connected to the Mississippi at the time of the accident.
Thankfully no one was hurt, but cargo operations were temporarily halted at Pier G so responders could ensure the safety of dockworkers and other port personnel.
