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                        <h1>Port of Houston Tackles Shoaling from Hurricane Harvey</h1>
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                        <p>The Port of Houston &ndash; a key hub for oil and gas shipping and&nbsp;the nation&rsquo;s largest port for foreign waterborne tonnage&nbsp;&ndash; reports that silt carried by Hurricane Harvey&rsquo;s floodwaters has created shoaling of up to 10 feet in mission-critical areas.</p>

<p>The damage includes &ldquo;dramatic shoaling&rdquo; at the entrances of the port&rsquo;s three major terminals, including the&nbsp;Barbours Cut and Bayport facilities, which handle about 70 percent of the Gulf Coast&rsquo;s containerized cargo.&nbsp;In a release issued&nbsp;Thursday, Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria said that the port is &ldquo;in desperate need of additional relief to properly dredge the channel so that it can accommodate normal commerce.&ldquo;</p>

<p>&ldquo;While the Channel is open and commerce is flowing with some restrictions, the Houston Ship Channel needs significant dredging to address these storm damages,&rdquo; Longoria said.&nbsp;&ldquo;The floodwater coming through our system deposited tons and tons of silt into the Houston Ship Channel and throughout Galveston Bay.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>

<p>To address the current situation, the port has allocated an additional payment of up to $2 million to the Corps of Engineers for terminal-related dredging expenses.&nbsp;It also awarded contracts to fortify communication capabilities for telephones, data center and inter-terminal connectivity.</p>

<p>Chairman Longoria and Executive Director Roger Guenther&nbsp;stressed&nbsp;that maintaining the Houston Ship Channel&rsquo;s depth is critical to commerce. A study conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute determined that a loss of one foot of depth in the channel costs the U.S. economy as much as $281 million dollars per year.</p>

<p>To prepare for future storms, Longoria called for improvements to the waterway to make it more resilient and reduce the impact of silt-laden floodwater. &ldquo;We believe that rather than just returning the channel to its pre-storm depth and width, we must enhance its efficiency and we must build in resiliency,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;</p>


                        
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