The VB-10000 prepares to shift with Section Five on Sunday right into a place favorable for lifting operations after separating the rest of the wreck into two sections on Saturday. [Image from St. Simons Sound Incident response video]
Responders accomplished reducing operations on the rest of the Golden Ray wreck on Saturday. The last reduce got here just some days wanting the 2 12 months anniversary of the September 8, 2020, capsize of the then 660-foot automobile provider.
The capsize was adopted by a dramatic rescue of 4 crew members who had been trapped inside the ship and needed to be extracted through a gap reduce into the hull.
The determination to not try to proper the 2016-built vessel however to disassemble it in place, in St. Simons Sound, Brunswick, Ga., in a process by which it has been reduce into eight sections utilizing a sequence rigged between the dual gantries of the enormous heavy raise catamaran VB-10000.
On Saturday, the ultimate reduce by the VB-10000 separated the rest of the Golden Ray wreck into two sections, and responders preprepared to raise and stow Section Five onto a dry-dock barge. Once that part is eliminated, response engineers will put together Section Four, the ultimate remaining part, to be lifted and stowed onto the barge Julie B for elimination.
Pollution response groups stay on-station to watch for any oil or particles current across the perimeter of the Environmental Protection Barrier surrounding the wreck. Shoreline survey groups proceed routine assessments of Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island and marsh areas within the neighborhood of the wreck website.
