Damaged Barge. Image Credit - ABC
A tanker and barge collided in the Houston ship channel around midday yesterday. The barge was seriously damaged and began leaking some of its 900,000+ gallons of marine fuel oil. Reports estimate the breached tank having a volume of about 170,000 gallons max.
As a result of the spill the channel remains closed and the 'traffic jam' of ships is increasing since there is currently no traffic into our out of Galveston Bay.
Read on for more details:
Environmental News Service - Houston Spill
