Wednesday, March 11, 2015

COLLISION NEAR MORGAN'S POINT IN HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL: A SHEEN OF MTBE STRETCHES UP THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL NEAR MORGAN'S POINT, TEXAS, MARCH 10, 2015.





A sheen of MTBE stretches up the Houston Ship Channel near Morgan's Point, Texas, March 10, 2015. 

On March 9, 2015, The Carla Maersk was carrying about 216,000 barrels of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether and an unknown quantity of the product was spilled. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin R. Williams)