The twin-hull heavy elevate vessel VB-10,000 will likely be used for slicing and lifting operations [Photo by U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer John D. Miller]
The largest heavy elevate vessel ever constructed within the U.S., the twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000, designed and owned by Versabar Inc., New Orleans, has arrived within the Port of Fernandina, Fla., to endure remaining modifications and checks earlier than heading for St. Simons Sound, Ga., the place will probably be used to take away the capsized automotive service Golden Ray.
According to the Unified Command (USCG, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gallagher Marine Systems) engaged on the salvage mission, the vessel’s two 255-foot tall gantries will use lengths of chain to chop the capsized vessel Golden Ray into eight items and elevate them onto barges for transportation to Louisiana for recycling.
The Unified Command has been putting in a complete of 16 lifting lugs on the hull of the automotive service (two per part) that will likely be used as a connection level between the rigging of the VB-10,000 twin-gantry catamaran, and every part of the Golden Ray. The lugs are designed to distribute the burden of every part in the course of the slicing and lifting operations.
