The VB-10000 gets to the Port of Fernandina in Florida, July 3, 2020. UNITED STATE Coast Guard Photo

The twin-hulled hefty lift vessel VB-10,000 has actually come to the Port of Fernandina in Florida for its last adjustments as it prepares to reduce up and also eliminate of the tipped over Golden Ray inSt Simons Sound, Georgia.

Versabar’s VB-10000 reached the port on the early morning of July 3. While there, teams will certainly make adjustments to the setting up light beams on the hefty lift vessel’s 255-foot high gantries and also carry out feature checks before heading toSt Simons Sound in very early to mid-July

The Golden Ray was lugging concerning 4,200 automobiles when it shed security and also based as it left the Port of Brunswick back in September 2019. All automobiles stay inside the ship’s freight holds.

The VB-1000’s gantries will certainly utilize 400-foot sizes of chain to reduce the tipped over vessel Golden Ray right into 8 items and also raise them onto barges for ultimate transport to Louisiana for reusing.

An environmental management obstacle has actually been built around the wreckage to minimize air pollution to the bordering waters throughout the cutting and also elimination procedure.

Last month, teams lately finished welding 16 training lugs to the hull of the Golden Ray which will certainly give the link factors for the VB 10,0000’s crane to protect areas of the hull as they are reduced and also gotten rid of. Response teams likewise got rid of the 275-ton ramp in 4 areas starting on June 18 in order to minimize the quantity of weight of the strict area when it is reduced and also raised.

Golden Ray’s insurance company North P&I has actually approximated the gross case number wreckage to be over of $400 million, making it among the largest insurance claims ever before managed by the team.