Channel was shut for three days following spill of 4,000 barrels. About 100 big tankers waited to move in or out of the waterway
The Houston Ship Channel, a waterway for carrying more than one-tenth of US oil refining capacity, opened on Tuesday to limited barge traffic after being shut for three days following an oil spill, the Coast Guard said.
About 100 big tankers waited to move in or out of the waterway.