Barge nearly severed, spills gas stock in Houston channel collision

摘要

Atanker collided with a two-barge tow in the Houston Ship Channel, nearly severing one barge and causing the other to roll over and sink. The 754-foot Genesis River T-boned the starboard barge in the tow pushed by Voyager during the afternoon of May 10 at Light 73 near Bayport, Texas. More than 11,000 barrels of gasoline blending stock spilled into the waterway. No one on board the tugboat or the Panama-flagged ship reported any injuries.