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Waterway opens to limited traffic after oil spill

Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:28 PM EST
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<p>A barge is seen making a large impact gash in the side of the Eagle Otome after two vessels collided causing as much as 450,000 gallons of crude oil to spill, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in Port Arthur, Texas. Officials contained the spill, but were still assessing the scope and cause. No injuries were reported from the collision. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Julio Cortez) </p>

A barge is seen making a large impact gash in the side of the Eagle Otome after two vessels collided causing as much as 450,000 gallons of crude oil to spill, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in Port Arthur, Texas. Officials contained the spill, but were still assessing the scope and cause. No injuries were reported from the collision. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Julio Cortez)

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PORT ARTHUR — A southeast Texas waterway has opened to limited traffic after 462,000 gallons of light crude oil spilled over the weekend when two vessels collided.

The U.S. Coast Guard says the Sabine-Neches Waterway next to Port Arthur reopened Wednesday.

The oil spilled into the water from the Eagle Otome on Saturday after the 800-foot tanker collided with a towboat pushing two barges. The damaged Otome was moved to the Sunoco oil terminal in Beaumont on Tuesday.

The Coast Guard says about 534,000 gallons of a mixture of oil and water have been recovered so far. It says six birds were found covered with oil. Two were found dead and the remaining four are being cleaned and treated.

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