Ports in Texas and Louisiana remained closed to shipping traffic Tuesday morning due to a winter storm, a shipping agent said.
Marine pilots suspended boardings at the Texas ports of Houston, Galveston, Texas City and Freeport late on 20 January. Traffic also was halted at the Sabine-Neches Waterway on the Texas-Louisiana border, which offers access to terminals and refineries in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas, as well as Cheniere's Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas terminal.
Pilots also halted traffic at the Louisiana port of Lake Charles late on 20 January.
A blizzard warning from the US National Weather Service remains in effect until 1pm ET Tuesday for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, including Beaumont, Lake Charles and Cameron, Louisiana.