Houston Ship Channel

USCG reopens Houston Ship Channel after protest

The US Coast Guard informed that it reopened the Houston Ship Channel, on September 13, after a protest demonstration near Baytown, Texas. Namely, on September 12, 22 Greenpeace US climbers created a blockade from the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown.

The closure on the ship channel started on September 12, after Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification that about 11 individuals were suspended from the Fred Hartman Bridge.

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https://safety4sea.com/uscg-reopens-houston-ship-channel-after-protest/

Enterprise to increase loading capacity at Houston Ship Channel Terminal

Enterprise Products Partners announced three additional expansion projects, aiming to increase the partnership’s capacity to load LPG, polymer grade propylene (PGP) and crude oil from its Enterprise Hydrocarbon Terminal (EHT) on the Houston Ship Channel.

Today, Enterprise’s LPG loading capacity is around 660,000 barrels per day, while the company has announced a project to add 175,000 BPD of LPG loading capacity, which is currently under construction, and is expected to be completed late third...

https://safety4sea.com/enterprise-to-increase-loading-capacity-at-houston-ship-channel-terminal/

Houston port restrictions to continue

The Houston Ship Channel could remain under one-way travel restrictions all week following a collision between a deep-draft ship and a barge that spilled petrochemicals into the waterway, according to an official.

About 9,000 barrels of gasoline spilled into the channel near Bayport, Texas, when a 755-foot (230-m) tanker collided with a Kirby Inland Marine tugboat towing two barges containing the fuel. One barge ruptured and the other capsized.

The U.S. Coast Guard limited travel to one-way...

https://container-news.com/houston-port-restrictions-continue/

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