by Gary McWilliams (Reuters) - The bodies of two of four workers missing after a dredging vessel caught fire and sank in Corpus Christi, Texas, harbor were recovered on Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Four workers on the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd went missing on Friday after the vessel caught fire in the Corpus Christi ship channel. The search for the other two … [Read more...]
4 Missing After Dredge Hits A Pipeline And Explodes in Corpus Christi
(Reuters) - Four members of the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd are missing after a fire and explosion near the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, causing the U.S. Coast Guard to close the port’s inner harbor, the agency said. Two injured crew members have been rescued from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd after it caught fire, while a search for missing crew members … [Read more...]
Major Tanker Fire After Collision With Barge Near Shanghai
https://youtu.be/YaUevET6qEo At 03:39 local time this morning the 308 foot (94m) tanker Long Qing 1 with approximately 3000 tons of fuel on board collided with a sand barge about 1.5 nautical miles southeast of the Yangtze River Estuary lightboat in Shanghai, China. The Collision resulted in a major fire on board of tanker and the sand barge sank. Rescue teams have saved … [Read more...]
NTSB Begins Probe Into Deadly California Scuba Boat Fire
by Omar Younis (Reuters) - Federal safety investigators on Tuesday promised an exhaustive probe into the fire that killed 34 people on a dive boat as many of the charred bodies remained trapped in the sunken wreckage off the California coast or missing in the ocean. After recovering the remains of 20 people from the 75-foot (23-meter) Conception or from the waters where … [Read more...]
Anguish And Flowers Grow At California Dive Boat Memorial
by Omar Younis (Reuters) - Members of the close-knit Santa Barbara boating community gathered on Tuesday to construct a makeshift memorial to the 34 people believed to have perished when their dive boat caught fire and sank off the California coast. As of Tuesday, 20 badly burned bodies had been recovered from wreckage of the Conception, which caught fire near Santa … [Read more...]