Ship Collision Spills Oil Into Houston Waterway
A 538-foot Norwegian tanker lost power and collided with a tugboat and two barges, dumping more than 100,000 gallons of light crude oil into Houston’s ship channel, officials said.
The crash occurred late Friday 3 1/2 miles east of Texas City, piercing the hull of one of the barges and spilling the oil into the water, said Petty Officer Mike Sams of the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Office in Galveston.
Lynn Garner, president of a cleanup company, made an aerial survey of the spill and said it should be evaporated by today.
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