T&T Salvage put in third and fourth lifting lugs on Golden Ray on April 17. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow
Salvage operations to take away the capsized automotive service 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 challenge says that two lugs will probably be put in on every of the eight sections of the vessels. The lifting lugs will probably 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 burden of every explicit part through the chopping 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 may provide 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 exhibits the vessel being utilized in a decommissioning operation.
