Oil spill closes part of Ship Channel - Houston Chronicle

A two-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel's north tip will be closed at least three weeks while crews clean up 10,500 gallons of oil that spilled into the water Friday night after a vessel struck a barge, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

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“It's slightly over the threshold of a medium spill. The threshold is 10,000 gallons,” said Capt. James Whitehead. “Mainly we look at the impact of the area. It's low economic impact at this point.” The area will be closed to all vessel traffic north of the Sidney Sherman Bridge. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Marcus Woodring said while the spill is a considerable mess that will interrupt business and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean, it was fortunate the accident didn't happen in a busier stretch of the 52-mile channel, such as the south end.

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