As of 1015 hrs local time, 69,000 ft of containment booms 380 personnel and 27 response vessels have been deployed to stem the spill in the Houston Ship Channel, following a change in weather conditions.
The US authorities are battling a bunker oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel after a bulker collided with a barge on 22 March afternoon.
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) was called on yesterday to fight a container fire on a barge off the Bahamas.