Houston Channel Closed as 24 Vessels Skim 4,000-Barrel Oil Spill
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The Houston Ship Channel remains closed as about 24 vessels worked to clean up a 4,000-barrel fuel oil spill following a collision during the weekend.
A barge containing about 22,000 barrels (924,000 gallons) of ship fuel partially sank near Texas City, Texas, Cam Olivieri, a spokesman for the Galveston County Emergency Management agency, said in a telephone interview yesterday. The barge, which was being towed by the vessel Miss Susan to Bolivar, was struck by the 585-foot bulk carrier Summer Wind on March 22, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.