Coast Guard responding to collision on Houston Ship Channel near Bayport, Texas

HOUSTON — A unified command has been established to respond to a collision on the Houston Ship Channel at Light 71-74 between a 755-foot tanker and a tug pushing two barges near Bayport, Texas, Friday.
The unified command consists of the Coast Guard, Texas General Land Office and Kirby Inland Marine.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report that the tanker Genesis River...