休斯顿通道回漏油5天后正常
HOUSTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Houston Ship Channel, one of the U.S. busiest waterways, returned to normalcy Thursday, five days after a barge 1 collision dumped thousands of gallons of heavy oil into the water, officials said.
The channel, a conduit for ocean-going vessels 3 between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf 4 of Mexico, reopened to all marine 5 traffic Thursday, state and federal officials told local media. The Texas Department of State Health Services has deemed the area safe for swimming and fishing as well.
The channel, part of the bustling 6 Port of Houston, was shut down last Saturday when a bulk vessel 2 collided with a barge carrying nearly a million gallons of fuel. The collision damaged a compartment 7 on the barge and released 4,000 barrels of oil, or 168,000 gallons of oil.
More than 100 vessels ground to a halt due to the closure. Emergency crew worked for several days to contain and recover the oil spill, which had spread down into the Gulf.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Texas General Land Office deployed 8 about 150 workers and 11 vessels to put booms in place to protect the environmentally sensitive area along the coast.
Experts said while the incident could bring about millions of economic loss and some environmental harm, it falls far short of the infamous 9 2010 BP oil spill, which killed 11 workers and leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, triggering one of the worst ecological 10 disasters in the country's history.
- The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
- Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。
- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
- This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。
- We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴，整个客车隔间由我们独享。
- The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
- I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。
- The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
- Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.