Tanker in collision with box ship may have been avoiding towboat

摘要

The pilot of a chemical tanker that collided with a contain-ership near Houston in October 2011 may have been trying to avoid a towboat, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. The accident involving the inbound 782-foot containership MSC Nederland and the outbound tanker 799-foot Elka Apol-lon occurred in the Houston Ship Channel near an intersection with the Bayport Ship Channel at about 0947 on Oct. 29.