New Orleans-Industry players polled by Green Markets last week said that while they are closely monitoring the oil spill situation in the Gulf of Mexico, so far they have seen no significant impact and that it is business as usual. Most fertilizer imports were already safely nestled onto the Mississippi River System prior to the spill. For those vessels on the water, sources say they are being asked to avoid the spill and to go to one of two decontamination stations at Venice and Boothville, La., should they go through the oil. Early in the week, no vessels entering the Gulf’s Southwest Pass had reported oiling problems.
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