Normal operations at the Port of Long Beach resumed on Wednesday as an investigation into the cause of a cargo accident that occurred the day before, where 75 shipping containers spilled into the ocean water continues, port officials said.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating the cause of the incident, which occurred just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday .

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Stacey Crecy said at a Wednesday news conference that of the 2,412 cargo containers aboard the cargo ship Mississippi, 75 fell into the water as the vessel was unloading at Pier G in the port.

"It's still a dynamic situation with many unknowns," Crecy said. Many of the containers fell on top of an emissions collection barge tied off next to the ship, and Crecy noted tha

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