The backlog of vessels waiting to move through the Houston Ship Channel grew on ...
HOUSTON - The backlog of vessels waiting to move through the Houston Ship Channel grew on Monday while it remained closed to traffic for a third day as emergency workers attempted to clear a petrochemical spill from the Intercontinental Terminals Co storage facility in Deer Park, Texas, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Fuels spilled after a 10-foot wide section of a containment barrier breached on Friday at Mitsui & Co Inc’s ITC facility outside of Houston, sending fuel, water and fire suppressant foam to a waterway that connects Houston to the Gulf of Mexico. Lyondell Basell Industries said it was assessing the impact on production and supply at its Houston refinery and chemical plants from the closure of the upper Houston Ship Channel.
The U.S. Coast Guard hopes to have traffic flow more frequently through the ship channel as it assesses whether it can be fully reopened. But as long as oil remains in the waterway and recovery operations are underway, traffic will move only during daylight hours, Captain Kevin Oditt said at a press conference.
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