What happens to shipping containers that fall overboard?

While most of the shipping in the world happens via sea, what happens when the massive containers fall overboard? Where do they eventually end up?
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Dozens of shipping containers fall at Port of Long Beach, attesting to ongoing safety issues in America’s second largest port

The Port of Long Beach, California viewed from a distance On Tuesday, September 9, at least 75 shipping containers fell off the cargo ship, the Mississippi, when unloading its cargo at the Port of ...
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Shipping Container Carrying Bananas Washes Up on English Beach

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shipping containers mostly carrying bananas were seen washed ashore on Selsey beach on England’s south coast on Sunday, December 7 ...
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Search and salvage continues after shipping containers fall overboard in the Solent with some washing up in Selsey - in pictures

Searches are continuing after a number of shipping containers fell from a cargo ship into the Solent just off the Isle of Wight. 16 shipping containers fell from a ship called the Baltic Klipper on ...
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Container fall on I-45 North prompts hazmat response; no injuries reported, lanes reopened

A shipping container fell off a truck on I-45 North near Dallas, causing a hazmat response due to unknown contents. The road was cleared overnight with no injuries.