Houston Ship Channel

Storm Hits Chemical Disaster Site Closes Houston Ship Channel

  • The Houston Ship Channel has been shut down due to violent storms wracked the chemical disaster site.
  • The outbound shipping has been halted and decontamination stations have been closed.
  • ITC plans to assess the status of tanks holding toxic liquids and its effect on marine life.

According to an article by Bloomberg, The Houston Ship Channel was shut on March 7 as violent storms wracked the site of one of the worst Gulf Coast industrial disasters in 14 years.

What happened?

All outbound vessels...

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Stormy weather affects ship traffic at Houston oil port

The USCG eliminated, on March 7, the traffic located along a specific area of the Houston Ship Channel, after severe weather conditions halted cleanup operations that were being conducted because of the petrochemical fire and the chemical spill of the previous month.

As Reuters reports, the fire at Mitsui & Co’s Intercontinental Terminals Co in Deer Park, Texas, resulted to the destruction of 11 tanks that had millions of gallons of fuels stored, which would have been used to make gasoline and...

https://safety4sea.com/stormy-weather-affects-ship-traffic-at-houston-oil-port/

Stolt-Nielsen to be affected by Houston ship channel fire

London-based Stolt-Nielsen Limited foresees a negative financial impact on its tanker business, because of the fire at Intercontinental Terminals Company’s facility in Houston, which resulted to a chemical spill in the Houston Ship Channel.

Mainly, the fire erupted on March 17 at ITC’s petrochemical storage facility, leading to a chemical spill in the Houston Ship Channel.

The company commented that the fire at ITC’s facility in Houston last month is already impacting the local chemical industry,...

https://safety4sea.com/stolt-nielsen-to-be-affected-by-houston-ship-channel-fire/

Bottleneck in Port of Houston seems to ease with four arrivals

The bottleneck in Houston Ship Channel seems to be coming under control as four tankers on Thursday were preparing to offload or pick up cargoes in the busiest US oil port, according to AIS data. The bottleneck has reportedly cut 1 million barrels per day of shipments since Monday.

The Houston Ship Channel reopened this week with operating restrictions following a fire at Mitsui & Co Inc’s Intercontinental Terminals Co (ITC) in Deer Park, Texas.

That blaze sent fuel and chemicals into the...

https://safety4sea.com/bottleneck-in-port-of-houston-seems-to-ease-with-four-arrivals/

USCG reopens part of Houston Ship Channel after chemical leak

The US Coast Guard reopened portions of the Houston Ship Channel on Monday, with restrictions on waterways affected by the petrochemical leak outside Houston that has disrupted ship traffic.

In a new announcement, USCG said it is allowing daytime transits only through the ship channel, which connects the port of Houston to the Gulf of Mexico and is home to nine refineries.

A chemical leak made the busiest US oil port to shut after a chemical leak into the water, which led Royal Dutch Shell Plc...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-reopens-part-of-houston-ship-channel-after-chemical-leak/

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