Houston channel open to 'limited barge traffic' - Coast Guard
HOUSTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The Houston Ship Channel was opened Tuesday morning (Frankfurt: TDM.F - news) to "limited barge traffic," according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
However, dozens of deep-draft ships were still awaiting movement in and out of the waterway for tankers supplying more than one-tenth of the U.S. refining capacity that has been shut since Saturday (Shenzhen: 002291.SZ - news) after an oil spill.
Danny Perez, a spokesman for the Coast Guard-run Joint Information center, had no details on what types of barges were moving in the channel.
(Reporting By Kristen Hays)