Ship traffic was halted for a third day on Sunday along a key stretch of the Uni...
FILE PHOTO: Smoke covers the Houston area from a fire burning at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, east of Houston, Texas, U.S., March 18, 2019. Michael Sahrman/Handout via REUTERS
Fuels spilled after a 10-foot wide section of a containment barrier breached on Friday at Mitsui & Co Inc’s [MTSUIF.UL] Intercontinental Terminals Co in Deer Park, Texas. Before the wall was repaired on Saturday, the breach sent fuels, water and fire suppressant foam to a waterway that connects Houston to the Gulf of Mexico.
On Sunday, there were 26 ships waiting to enter and 26 waiting to leave the channel, the Coast Guard reported, up from 23 seeking to enter and 20 waiting to leave on Saturday. The Houston Ship Channel is home to nine U.S. oil refineries that process 2.3 million barrels of oil per day , or 12 percent of the national total.
If that test is successful, officials plan to “begin moving ships through and examining each ship at a to-be-named location for decontamination,” said Plunkett.
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