Posted on 09/09/2025 5:28:09 PM PDT by Libloather
More than 60 containers toppled off a cargo ship Tuesday morning in the Port of Long Beach, tumbling overboard and floating in the water.
The shipping containers fell off a vessel named the Mississippi shortly before 9 a.m., and no injuries have been reported, according to Port of Long Beach spokesperson Art Marroquin.
About 67 containers were in the water, the US Coast Guard said on the social platform X.
Long Beach, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Los Angeles, is one of the busiest seaports in the country, with 40% of all shipping containers in the United States coming through it or the Los Angeles port.
Some of the containers appeared to have fallen on the STAX 2, an anti-pollution vessel attached to the side of the Mississippi that captures emissions.
When empty, a container can weigh between two to four metric tons (2.2 to 4.4 tons) depending on the size.
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Harbor Freight sells ratchet straps. Just sayin’.
That's probably where they got them from. 😆
Yes.
“””” Harbor Freight sells ratchet straps. Just sayin’.
That’s probably where they got them from. 😆 “””
After you tie something down with one you are supposed to flick it and say...That ain’t goin’ nowhere. I bet they forgot to do that part.
Some had seepage in the water of a pure white, fine powder. Must have been confectioner’s powdered sugar. But the fish and turtles are going nuts now.
Heh, heh. The fundamentals are key.
How many Chinese drowned in them and how wet did the dope get?
Harbor Freight sells ratchet straps. Just sayin’.
That’s probably where they got them from. 😆
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I bought a dozen for my last two moves, expecting them to last for two moves and done. Still have eight or nine four years later.
Yeah cheap “Stuff” but held up better than expected.
Oh, I know. I have stuff from Harbor Freight, too. Mixed results. Their exchange policy is easy to deal with.
Dang!
My life size solid gold statue of Elvis was on that boat!
What line was that? I need to file a claim.
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OK, without looking up the definitions, would these accidently dumped containers qualify as “flotsam” or would it qualify as “jetsam”?
look up the definitions
floating or sinking
Longshormen got carried away releasing too many IBC’s (Inter Box Connectors)
I’ve got stuff coming from Vietnam and China. I hope it wasn’t on that ship.
What is this crap??
Probably full of fentanyl.
Or make the water undrinkable with toxins
Well, there goes Spirit Halloween
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