Houston Ship Channel reopens after vessel moved -US Coast Guard

Stolt-Nielsen

05/12/2016 22:07

HOUSTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Houston Ship Channel, which 
links the busiest U.S. petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico, 
reopened on Monday afternoon after a fire-damaged ship blocking 
the waterway was moved to a berth, the U.S. Coast Guard said.  
    The channel was blocked for about an hour after the small 
tanker Jo Kiri, owned by Jo Tankers AS, recently acquired by 
Stolt-Nielsen Ltd  SNI.OL , reported smoke in its engine room, 
according to the Coast Guard. No injuries were reported.  
 
 (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Jonathan Oatis) 
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Keywords: TEXAS HOUSTON/SHIPPING