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The shipping channel into the Oakland Estuary was reopened at approximately 11:30 a.m., Mar 28, 2010, after an empty container was located. The Port of Oakland has contracted Parker Diving to locate the lost container using depth sounders and divers. The empty container sank near the entrance to the Oakland Estuary. It is scheduled to be removed from the estuary Mar 30. The vessel Sun Right was at the Ben E. Nutter Marine Container Terminal in Oakland when a crane, loading empty containers onto the ship, knocked one into the water. The Coast Guard broadcasted a Safety Marine Information Broadcast every two hours to inform all mariners of the situation.

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The Coast Guard received a report at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday that an empty container fell off of the container ship Sun Right. It sank near the entrance to the Oakland Estuary. The "Sun Right" which was berthed at the Ben E. Nutter Marine Container Terminal in Oakland lost a container when a crane knocked it into the water on Mar 27. Divers began trying to locate the container late in the morning. The U.S. Coast Guard blocked the entrance to the Oakland Estuary for ship traffic until the lost container can be located.