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Report from Houston

We received the following report on the situation in Houston after hurricane Ike from Darrell Wilson of MTI on Tuesday. While we sit at our desks writing proposals, modeling transactions and reading documents, we often lose sight of the realities of shipping.

Since Friday rescue crews in Texas flew 511 missions, saving 209 lives.

To date, 101 pollution cases are reported in the Houston-Galveston and the Port Arthur areas. Reports continue to come in, and that number is changing.

The Houston Ship Channel is open to outbound commercial vessels with a draft of 12 feet or less.

The Gulf Intra-coastal Waterway is open from the Houston-Galveston area west toward Corpus Christi.

The Port of Freeport, Texas is open to vessels with a draft of less

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