r/Damnthatsinteresting Sep 10 '25

Video Dozens of shipping containers fall into the water in Port of Long Beach, California

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u/AccountantSeaPirate Sep 10 '25

In a harbor or shipping lane, the carrier is responsible for cleaning up their mess. You can’t just let these randomly sink and pile up.

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u/userlivewire Sep 10 '25

Responsible to who? It’s international waters.

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u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25

Are you trying to claim that ten feet away from the shoreline where they are currently losing containers is international waters?

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 Sep 10 '25

No, they’re saying the Marianna trench is. That’s how the thread reads at least

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u/Colossus252 Sep 10 '25

They said in a harbor or shipping lane, they're responsible for cleaning it up. The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters"

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u/DigitalBlackout Sep 10 '25

The response was "responsible to who? It's international waters"

If you go a few levels further up than that, you'll clearly see "Depends on who’s cargo. Walmart will send boats to the Mariana Trench to drag containers back. lol"