Fog Blog Houston Barge Collision Log:

A TUG PUSHING TWO BARGES COLLIDES WITH A OIL TANKER AND CHEMICALS ARE SPILLED INTO THE HOUSTON WATERWAY!......Gas product spills after tanker collision .....

)A tug pushing two barges collided with a 755-foot oil tanker in the Houston Ship Channel, capsizing one barge, damaging the other one and leaking thousands of barrels of gasoline blending stock, the US Coast Guard said.The barges -- pushed by the towing vessel Voyager -- were loaded with the gasoline blending component Reformate, which is leaking into the water after Friday's collision near Bayport, Texas, officials said.About 9,000 barrels of Reformate have spilled into the channel, according to incident commander Jim Guidry, an executive with Kirby Inland Marine, owner and operator of the Voyager.There were no reported injuries during the collision with the tanker, the Genesis River.