Cargo spill incident at Port of Long Beach shows ‘how dangerous this job is’ for workers, CEO says

A salvage and cleanup operation continued at the Port of Long Beach, where multiple shipping containers remained in the water after dozens fell off a cargo ship.

As many as 30 containers were still in the water Friday morning, three days after more than 60 of them toppled off the ship.

The shipping containers fell off a vessel named the Mississippi shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday, and no injuries have been reported, according to Port of Long Beach spokesperson Art Marroquin…

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