The Coast Guard is currently broadcasting warnings and preventing some vessels from entering the Oakland estuary until a container that fell off a ship Saturday night can be located underwater. The container got knocked off a ship's deck by a crane around 8:30 p.m., and divers are now headed out to try to locate it. Given the shallow depth and the size of the thing, we figure this won't take long. Hope that container wasn't full of shampoo or something more toxic! [Examiner] more ›

A little after 5 a.m. this morning, a man aboard a container ship making its way into the Oakland Outer Harbor fell overboard. Found by the ship's crew and taken to to Pier 35 in San Francisco, the unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene. He was also found "with no personal flotation device" after plunging some 900 feet from up high. The ship, according to SFGate, is owned by Aries Line Shipping and managed by Evergreen Marine UK Ltd. more ›

Egads! The west span of the Bay Bridge was struck this morning by a container ship, the Cosco Busan. According to the Chronicle, "Coast Guard officials said the incident was not serious enough to merit a bridge closure." Still, that looks like some serious damage. A witness on the ship claims that the Cosco struck the second tower west of Yerba Buena Island, and says the the extent of the damage isn't known. If... more ›