Houston Ship Channel Outbound Traffic Closed Due To Fog

Published: Feb 02, 2012

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Outbound traffic at the Houston Ship Channel was closed Thursday morning as fog limited visibility.

Inbound traffic, however, was flowing through the channel, a dispatcher said.

The ship channel is a major thoroughfare for cargo entering and leaving the Gulf of Mexico. The channel serves the Port of Houston, a major port for the U.S. refining industry. It is one of the largest U.S. ports for foreign waterborne tonnage, according to the Houston Port Authority.

-By Isabel Ordonez, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-314-6090; isabel.ordonez@dowjones.com