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Long Beach Salvage Continues After Dozens of Containers Fall From Ship Mississippi

Officials say the recovery will take weeks.

Overview

  • Salvage crews are removing containers from the harbor and securing unstable stacks on the Mississippi, with the Coast Guard saying the exact count remains under assessment.
  • The USCG initially reported roughly 67 containers overboard, some reports cited about 75, and as many as 30 were still in the water Friday morning.
  • The collapse happened shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday at Pier G, no injuries were reported, and a 500-yard safety zone was established during the response.
  • Cargo operations at the Pier G terminal were paused as Unified Command directed recovery efforts, and the STAX 2 clean‑air barge attached to the ship was damaged.
  • The Mississippi sails under the Portuguese flag and arrived after departing Yantian, Shenzhen on Aug. 26, according to vessel‑tracking data.