In a statement the US Coast Guard (USCG) noted that traffic was allowed to resume after the 45,000-dwt chemical tanker Carla Maersk (built 1999) was towed to the Barbour’s Cut turning Basin.

“Responders finished removing the liquid cargo from the ship’s two breached tanks early Thursday morning,” the organisation continued.

“The partial removal of cargo, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, was a necessary step before the ship could be moved to a safe harbor.

“Plans