{"id":231151,"date":"2026-03-22T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231151\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:17:34","slug":"precarious-situation-as-damaged-shipping-containers-arrive-at-port-of-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231151\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Precarious\u2019 situation as damaged shipping containers arrive at Port of Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:NY Post;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"NY Post\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"194\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/46c6ce20-b635-11ee-babf-0468df94f866.png\"\/><\/a>Fri, March 20, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b21bb8bc0adb2a0310b6dcb8aaf323fc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The US Coast Guard is working to safely move off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/over-60-shipping-containers-tumble-232338483.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:more than 100 shipping containers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">more than 100 shipping containers<\/a> from a cargo ship at the Port of Long Beach in what was described as a precarious situation.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial views Thursday showed multiple containers stacked and on the verge of dangerously teetering into the water. A video showed many of the large containers in uneven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWEdgHRApoG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:and awkward positions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">and awkward positions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Contractors have inspected each container and are conducting air monitoring and heat detection.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8a296c7dd87bd4f27b50f165019166e0.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Contractors have inspected each container and are conducting air monitoring and heat detection.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Video showed many of the large containers in uneven and awkward positions.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5988245c712ca82d7b6684e1e29c14b1.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Video showed many of the large containers in uneven and awkward positions.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A 100-yard safety zone was established around the vessel.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/30f741dc2107a7f875261dc465c82dec.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A 100-yard safety zone was established around the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>The OOCL Sunflower departed from Taiwan on Feb. 23 but <a href=\"https:\/\/incidentnews.noaa.gov\/incident\/11131\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:encountered heavy weather;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">encountered heavy weather <\/a>in the Northern Pacific. The vessel and its 27 crew members were OK but 32 containers fell overboard, officials said. Around 60 containers were damaged and 42 were offset.<\/p>\n<p>It arrived in Long Beach on March 12, but the vessel was kept offshore for several days as officials were concerned about the stability of the remaining cargo. The ship had a capacity of 16,828 20-foot cargo containers.<\/p>\n<p>The containers contained raw materials used to manufacture semiconductors and rubber, propellants, and refrigerants, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/coast-guard-working-offload-damaged-ship-containers-port-long-beach\/18736328\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ABC 7 reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">ABC 7 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contractors have inspected each container and are conducting air monitoring and heat detection. There haven\u2019t been any reports of pollution at the port so far. A 100-yard safety zone was established around the vessel, <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/california\/longbeach-ca\/battered-ship-arrives-long-beach-cargo-stacks-hanging-near-collapse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to the Patch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">according to the Patch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, March 20, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC The US Coast Guard is working to safely move off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[104868,104867,104869,131,133,132,3359,41213],"class_list":["post-231151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-awkward-positions","tag-cargo-containers","tag-large-containers","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-port-of-long-beach","tag-shipping-containers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}