Port Freeport on Tuesday said it expects limited vessel activity due to cold weather conditions in the Texas Gulf Coast area amid winter storm Enzo.
The rare winter storm churned across the US Gulf Coast on Tuesday, bringing heavy snow, ice and wind gusts to a region where flurries are unusual, while much of the United States remained in a deep freeze.
All of Port Houston's eight public facilities will be closed on Tuesday, January 21, the port said on Monday, adding that vessel operations were suspended and container terminal truck gates were closed from Monday evening.
Some groups of pilots, who assist in moving vessels around ports, also halted operations on Monday as offshore conditions worsened.
Still, the impact of the storm on oil and gas operations remained limited in Texas on Tuesday, with minimum interruptions in gas flows, few power outages and plenty of gasoline inventories at pump, as many roads and highways remained closed.
(Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar in Houston)