“With respect to the Augincident, although certain news articles and other sources of information have reported that the DredgeWaymon L. Orion Marine Group released the following statement to gCaptain: The estimated release of propane from the pipeline was about 6,000 barrels. Enterprise Products technicians subsequently closed valves upstream and downstream of the incident location to isolate the pipeline. At the time of the accident, the Enterprise Products pipeline controller received a low-pressure alarm on pipeline TX219. An underwater segment of the pipeline was in close proximity to the area where Orion Marine Group was conducting dredging operations. The NTSB said the damaged pipeline was a 16-inch liquid propane line operated by Enterprise Products Operating, LLC, and was installed in 1968. before it was finally extinguished an hour later. local time, but it temporarily reignited at 8:30 p.m. Four crewmembers died and six others suffered burns.Īccording to the NTSB, the fire aboard the dredge was extinguished by 4:10 p.m. Boyd during dredging operations, including work boats, anchor barges, booster barges and a supply barge.Ī total of 18 personnel employed by Orion Marine Group were working on the dredge and assist boats on the day of the accident. Several other vessels assisted the Waymon L. A geyser of gas and water erupted adjacent to the vessel followed by an explosion and fire consumed the vessel and surrounding shoreline. Boyd, reportedly struck a submerged 16-inch liquid propane pipeline during dredging operations adjacent to EPIC Corpus Christi Marine Terminal, located on the Inner Harbor of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Corpus Christi, Texas. on August 21, 2020, the US-flagged, non- propelled, 152-foot-long cutter-head suction dredge Waymon L. The report did not contain a determination on probably cause or recommendations.Īccording to the NTSB, at about 8:05 a.m. The details were released in the NTSB’s preliminary report on the incident. Boyd reportedly struck a submerged liquid propane pipeline during dredging operations in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, causing the explosion that killed four people back in August. The National Transportation Safety Board says the dredge Waymon L. Housing a 27,000 square foot showroom, 275 in water slips, and a 150 boat dry stack storage building Dredge Harbor Boat Center LLC has grown from a sandpit to a 110 acre marine facility selling thousands of pleasure boats to generations of boaters in the greater Philadelphia area.Coast Guard crews respond to a dredge on fire in the Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Aug. Today the Marina is still a family business run by Tammy and her brother Bill with the help of their children Lauren, Stacy, William and Robert. visited daily and continued to make a strong presence to their long standing customers and employees until his passing on July 21 2008. Tammy and Bill now perform the daily responsibilities of the Marina, but Bill Sr. In 1984 Bill Parsons children Tammy and Bill Jr. Bayliner and it's Sister boat lines Maxum and Trophy have been the principal boat lines of Dredge Harbor ever since. In 1946 the brothers became boat dealers for a company called Chris Craft, which remained their principle boat line until the New York Boat Show of 1978 where Jack Purcell convinced them to drop Chris Craft in favor of an up and coming west coast boat company called Bayliner. In the early forties the brothers Bill and Herb had developed the "sandpit" location with a few in water slips and began selling such famous boat lines as Broadwater Yachts and Greenwich boats, which they sold in varying quantities after the second world war. Dredge Harbor Marina was on its way to becoming the largest full service marina in the Delaware valley. The riverfront was being dredged and the brothers had the foresight to see the potential of the future boating needs of the area. and his brother Herb traded their interest in two cars for a down payment on a sandpit located along the riverfront.
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