Long Beach
Pier G Container Incident
Non-Cargo Claims
Incident Overview
On September 9th at approximately 9 AM PT in the Port of Long Beach, California the container vessel Mississippi was docked at Pier G and lost approximately 67 containers into the water adjacent to the vessel. There were estimated to be approximately 2,412 total containers carried aboard the vessel. A Unified Command was set up by the US Coast Guard to respond to the incident. The Unified Command is headed by the U S Coast Guard and includes the Responsible Party, the State of California, Long Beach Fire Department, Long Beach Police Department, Port of Long Beach, the Army Corps of Engineers and key commercial representatives
How to File a Non-Cargo Claim
To submit a non-cargo claim call
877-430-6361
between the hours of
9:00am and 5:00pm Pacific Time
Monday through Friday. ​​​
Cargo Claims
Cargo claims should be submitted to the appropriate party under the terms of the applicable bill of lading, waybill or contract of carriage.
ShorelineHudson
ShorelineHudson has been assigned to receive and manage any non-cargo claims for issues related to this incident while cargo issues are being handled separately.
ShorelineHudson, an Acrisure company, is a maritime risk management and insurance company.​
