Vessels Moving After Reopening of Houston Ship Channel
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Vessel traffic and refinery operations began to get back to normal Thursday as a stretch of the Houston Ship Channel reopened after being closed three days because of a collision.
The section was reopened Thursday morning after the area was deemed safe and a tanker damaged in the March 9 collision was moved, the U.S. Coast Guard said in an e-mailed statement. The tanker was carrying the gasoline additive MTBE, which leaked into the water. Air and water tests have shown no signs of public health or environmental concerns, the Coast Guard said.