Dozens of shipping containers tumble off cargo ship into water at Port of Long Beach

Dozens of shipping containers tumbled over the side of a cargo ship and into the water Tuesday at the Port of Long Beach

Dozens of shipping containers tumbled over the side of a cargo ship and into the water Tuesday at the Port of Long Beach.

It was not immediately clear what was in the containers, which were stacked on the Mississippi cargo ship at a dock around 9 a.m. when they toppled over the side of the vessel, port officials said. There were no reports of injuries.

Some of the containers fell on a clean air barge that was connected to the Mississippi.

The U.S. Coast Guard, which responded to the scene near the port’s Pier G, said nearly 70 containers were in the water. Shoes, boxes and other other items were floating alongside the containers.

The container ship arrived in Long Beach Tuesday morning from China.