Last Saturday at approximately 12:35 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call from the captain of the 585-foot bulk carrier Summer Wind, reporting a collision between the Summer Wind and a barge, containing 924,000 gallons of fuel oil, towed by the motor vessel Miss Susan.
Barge Collision With Oil Spill in Houston Ship Channel
Filed Under: OOW FOCUS Tagged With: accident, barges, bulk carrier, collision, Houston ship channel, Miss Susan, offshore, Summer Wind