Section Six of wreck was towed away Saturday. [St. Simon’s Sound Response photograph]
Responders eliminated Section Six of the capsized automobile provider Golden Ray from the wreck web site in St. Simon’s Sound, Ga., on Saturday. That leaves two of the eight sections of the wreck to be eliminated. They will probably be separated by one closing minimize, utilizing a sequence rigged between the dual gantries of the enormous heavy-lift catamaran, VB-10000.
Tug crews towed Section Six to a response facility south of the Georgia Port Authority’s Mayor’s Point Terminal on Saturday after it had been lifted and loaded onto a dry dock barge on Friday. During that elevate, roughly 25 air pollution response vessels rapidly mitigated an oil discharge utilizing oil skimmers, Current Busters and sorbent growth through the closing elevate of the part.
In complete, on-water air pollution response groups recovered roughly 2,300 gallons of oil throughout managed lifting operations that started on July 31.
“We greatly appreciate the patience and support of the community as we complete another significant step in removing the Golden Ray wreck from St. Simons Sound,” mentioned U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Efren Lopez, federal on-scene coordinator. “Our personnel continue to ensure our safety priorities are met throughout all operations from the wreck site to the shoreline.”
