Water

Seahound / SeaLens

Chokepoints
Initial reference

Houston Ship Channel

US Gulf Coast · Gulf of Mexico / Galveston Bay

16

Ports

14

WPI ports

1

Terminals

0

Geo states

Decision Summary

Not instrumented

No SAR state

Latest baseline d

n/a

Latest weather d

n/a

Source coverage

88%

Strategic exposure

1

16 assigned ports, 1 corridor records, 1 route links,3 monitoring overlays, and 0 source-backed advisories are attached to this chokepoint.

Overview

Bordering states

United States

Narrowest width

n/a

Sentinel-1 revisit

12 d

Baseline start

Oct 01, 2025

Baseline end

Feb 22, 2026

Source

initial_lanedb_atlas_seed

monitoring_zone_bbox = [-95.300, 29.400, -94.600, 30.100]

Assigned Ports

13 oil-capable · 1 LNG-capable · 1 terminals

Explorer
PortTypeCountryFacilitiesSource
BaytownCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
BeaumontCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
Deer ParkCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
FreeportCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
GalvestonANCHORAGEUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
HoustonCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
Houston Energy TerminalsTERMINALUnited Statescrude_oil, lng, chemicals
Initial reference
NorsworthyCOMMERCIALUnited Statesn/a
Source-backed
PasadenaCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
Port ArthurCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
Port HoustonCOMMERCIALUnited Statescontainerized_goods, chemicals, energy
Initial reference
Port NechesCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
SabineCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
Sabine PassCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed
SincoCOMMERCIALUnited Statesn/a
Source-backed
Texas CityCOMMERCIALUnited Statescrude_oil, refined_petroleum
Source-backed

Commodity Exposure

Chemicals

BIDIRECTIONAL · CHEMICAL

Volume

n/a

Unit

million tonnes per year

Source

Port Houston statistics

Year

2023

Exposure row identifies chemicals relevance; commodity-specific channel tonnage requires source refresh.

Refined Petroleum Products

BIDIRECTIONAL · ENERGY

Strategic

Volume

n/a

Unit

million barrels per day

Source

Port Houston statistics

Year

2023

Exposure row identifies refined-product relevance; commodity-specific channel tonnage requires source refresh.

GeoEmbedding State

No geoEmbedding states yet

This chokepoint has SeaLens topology but no SARFormer/geoEmbedding time series loaded.