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...]
Callan Marine Wins $98 Million Dredging Contract to Deepen Corpus Christi Ship Channel
Callan Marine's General MacArthur. Photo: USACE/Callan Marine The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a nearly $98 million dredging contract to Texas-based Callan Marine for the second phase of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel deepening and widening project. The project will increase the channel depth from 47 feet to 54 feet and also widen the channel to channel to … [Read more...]
Phillips 66 and Trafigura to Develop Deepwater Port Off Corpus Christi
Photo: Port of Corpus Christi Phillips 66 and Trafigura have formed a joint venture to develop an offshore deepwater port capable of fully loading Very Large Crude Carriers off the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. The offshore port will consist of up to two single point mooring (SPM) buoys located approximately 21 miles offshore to export crude oil. The joint venture, … [Read more...]
Carlyle Bails on Corpus Christi VLCC Terminal
By Collin Eaton HOUSTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Carlyle Group said on Friday it had dropped out as a stakeholder in Lone Star Ports LLC, which proposed a $1 billion crude oil export terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas. Sean Strawbridge, chief executive of the Port of Corpus Christi, said Carlyle notified the port on Oct. 8 it would no longer proceed with its investment. That … [Read more...]