As salvage work began to recover dozens of shipping containers that fell from a cargo vessel this week at the Port of Long Beach, POLB and other officials gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to provide updates on the incident, which remains under investigation.

No cause has been determined.

“Thankfully in this incident, everyone is safe,” said Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson. “This situation could have been a whole lot worse.”

What caused an estimated 75 containers to fall from the vessel Mississippi remains unknown and under investigation, officials said.

The vessel was at berth in Pier G on Tuesday morning when the containers stacked on board the ship began to fall. The ship carries more than 2,000 containers.

“All recovery operations are continuing to proceed with caution,” Richardson

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