Video Shows Containers Tumbling From Cargo Vessel Into California Port’s Waters

15th September 2025

Afloat.ie Team

The cargo vessel Mississippi in the Port of Long Beach with its fallen containers, which also struck a clean-air barge tied alongside Credit: ABC7

Dramatic video shows the moment when stacks of shipping containers toppled into the water from a cargo vessel docked at a California port last week.

As Marine Industry News reports, the Portuguese-flagged container ship Mississippi was berthed at the Port of Long Beach south of Los Angeles on Tuesday 9 September when part of its payload toppled into the water — some hitting a clean-air barge tied alongside.

In total, 75 containers of “general cargo” — ranging from clothes to electronics — fell into the harbour in the incident, but a port spokesperson confirmed that no one was seriously hurt, describing it as a “miracle”.

Marine Industry News has more on the story HERE.

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