HOUSTON, Dec 5 (Reuters)– The Houston Ship Channel, which connects the busiest united state petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico, resumed on Monday mid-day after a fire-damaged ship obstructing the river was relocated to a berth, the united state Coast Guard claimed.

The network was obstructed for regarding a hr after the little vessel Jo Kiri reported smoke in its engine space, according to theCoast Guard No injuries were reported.

The Jo Kiri was headed north along the 53-mile (85 kilometres) river and also near Eagle Point when the fire burst out. The fire was snuffed out since 2:50 p.m. CST (2050 GMT).

The Jo Kiri, which generally lugs petrochemicals, was headed to the Vo Pak incurable in the north area of the network, according to Reuters vessel monitoring information.

The Jo Kiri is run by independently held Jo Tankers AS, which was gotten by Stolt-Nielsen Ltd in November.

A representative for Stolt-Nielsen was not offered to go over the fire. (Reporting by Liz Hampton, Marianna Parraga and also Erwin Seba; Editing by Leslie Adler and also Matthew Lewis)

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