LONG BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) -- An apparent accident involving a cargo ship at the Port of Long Beach left a mess in the ocean on Tuesday morning. Aerial footage captured around 10:30 a.m.

An estimated 67 containers fell off a ZIM cargo ship into the harbor at the Port of Long Beach Tuesday morning, forcing the temporary suspension of cargo operations at the gateway's Pier G terminal.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Investigators looking into why about 75 containers tumbled off of a cargo ship Tuesday in the Port of Long Beach ...

More than 60 containers toppled off a cargo ship Tuesday morning in the Port of Long Beach, tumbling overboard and floating in the water. The shipping containers fell off a vessel named the ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Dozens of cargo containers are in the water at the Port of Long Beach after they slid from the ship that was carrying them. The Mississippi cargo ship was attached to the pier ...

The ports Long Beach and Los Angeles, two of the busiest in the nation, have been working to avoid shipping delays in the aftermath of a major cargo spill in September and a massive fire that erupted ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KCBS/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - Chaos erupted at the Port of Long Beach when 67 shipping containers, weighing over 1,300 tons, toppled into the harbor on Tuesday. Some containers sank ...

Video above: Sky5 coverage of the cargo container accident from Tuesday, Sept. 9. Crews are still cleaning up the mess left behind after dozens of shipping containers fell off a ship in the Port of ...

Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson called Tuesday’s calamity at the Port of Long Beach “rare,” while Gary Herrera, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13, went a half step ...

A light oil sheen, a sprained ankle and waterlogged cargo were among the damage reported when approximately 75 cargo containers tumbled off a stationed vessel at the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday ...