Ships entering, exiting TX channel

HOUSTON - Salvage efforts continue Sept. 4 to remove a sunken drydock in the Houston Ship Channel. There was no timeframe given for the removal of drydock debris. The channel links the busiest petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico. The channel is open just past the Exxon Mobil Corp's Baytown refinery to vessels up to a 40-foot draft. Ships were entering and exiting the channel on Monday, according to Alberto Hernandez, a watch supervisor for the Coast Guard. (Source: Reuters 09/04/17)