Salvage operations to take away the capsized automotive provider M/V Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound, Georgia, will contain the usage of the biggest raise vessel constructed within the United States, the VB-10,000 twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000, designed and owned by Versabar, Inc., New Orleans.
On April 17, T&T Salvage put in the third and fourth of a complete of 16 lifting lugs on the Golden Ray. The Unified Command (USCG, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gallagher Marine Systems) engaged on the salvage venture says that two lugs can be put in on every of the eight sections of the vessels. The lifting lugs can be used as a connection level between the rigging of the VB-10,000 and every part of the Golden Ray. The lugs are designed to distribute the load of every specific part through the slicing and lifting operation.
Deployed for the primary time in 2010, the VB-10,000 is a U.S. flagged, Jones Act compliant heavy raise development vessel which might supply a number of distinctive capabilities for deepwater initiatives. The vessel is classed by ABS as a Maltese Cross A1 Barge HLDK DPS-3 (twin hull development vessel). The vessel has eight retractable, azimuthing thrusters.
The Versabar video under reveals the vessel being utilized in a decommissioning operation.