Dozens of shipping containers fall at Port of Long Beach, attesting to ongoing safety issues in America’s second largest port

The cargo ship Mississippi lost 75 cargo containers when preparing to unload at the Port of Long Beach, highlighting ...
The New York Times

Containers Are Being Removed From Ship That Hit Key Bridge

Workers are unloading the 4,700 containers on the ship, a crucial step in moving the vessel and reopening the channel in the Port of Baltimore. By Yan Zhuang Workers on Sunday began removing ...
usace.army.mil

Contingencies, Container Ships, and Lighterage

[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 2, number 2 (March–April 1970), pages 16–22.] A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER of big, ...

Shocking moment more than 60 shipping containers tumble off cargo ship & splash into sea like giant dominoes

CHAOS erupted at one of America’s busiest ports yesterday after more than 60 shipping containers plunged off a cargo ship and ...
Los Angeles Business Journal

Port Employers Under Fire for Suspending Ship Unloading

In the latest chapter of the labor battle at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents shipping companies in their dealings with port labor, is under ...

Vizhinjam port to install dynamic mooring system

Thiruvananthapuram: Vizhinjam port authorities plan to install a dynamic mooring system at the port in a month. It will make ...
USA Today

A cargo ship has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for weeks. Now, officials want to unload it.

Unloading the containers from the cargo ship stranded in the Chesapeake Bay now offers the best chance to refloat it, the U.S. Coast Guard says. But to do that, two crane barges, with suitable lift ...