The dredge involved in Friday’s deadly pipeline explosion in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel has been identified as the Waymon L. Boyd. Houston-based Orion Marine is the owner and operator of the dredge. The company recently spent $3.2 million to retrofit the dredge to run on electricity.
At the time of the explosion, there were 18 crewmembers on the dredge. 4 crewmembers remain missing, and 6 have been taken to local hospitals for burn treatment. The deadly explosion remains under investigation.
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