Overview
- Coast Guard confirms 32 containers fell overboard during heavy North Pacific weather on the Hong Kong-flagged OOCL Sunflower en route from Taiwan.
- Nearly 60 more were damaged aboard, with 42 reported offset, and a 100-yard safety zone now surrounds the berthed ship at the Port of Long Beach.
- Contractors completed emergency lashing and are conducting visual checks plus air and heat monitoring under a unified command with port and fire officials.
- Officials report no hazardous releases or pollution and say the offload will proceed slowly to avoid further losses.
- The vessel and its 27 crew are safe; local reporting indicates the affected boxes may hold general industrial materials, though contents have not been fully verified.