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Fire blamed for latest Golden Ray dismantling delay

The removal of the Golden Ray wreckage from Georgia’s St. Simons Sound has been plagued by delays — the roll-on/roll-off vessel capsized in the early-morning hours of Sept. 9, 2019. Now the work to cut apart the car carrier has been brought to a screeching halt again, this time by a fire inside the wreck.

The fire erupted Friday afternoon inside the still partially intact vessel, which has been on its side near the Port of Brunswick since it ran aground and fell over.

St. Simons Sound Incident...

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Hackers expose Hyundai logistics data after apparent ransomware attack

A container ship of Hyundai. An apparent ransomware attack on Hyundai Motor America has exposed data about the company's logistics operations.

Hackers leaked data related to Hyundai Motor America’s logistics operations on Monday and claimed responsibility for an apparent ransomware attack targeting the automaker and subsidiary Kia Motors America. 

Files posted by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang contain information about Hyundai Glovis, the automaker’s global logistics firm, as well as documents related to a trucking partner, in addition to other data.   

Hyundai Motor America acknowledged that it had experienced an “IT outage,” but...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hackers-expose-hyundai-logistics-data-after-apparent-ransomware-attack

Golden Ray dismantling continues into new year

The new year has begun the same way the last one did in St. Simons Sound. The M/V Golden Ray is still there.

To be fair, not all of the capsized car carrier remains off the coast of the Port of Brunswick, Georgia. Two of eight sections have been cut off and at some point in 2021, all traces of the 2019 accident should be gone.

St. Simons Sound Incident Response is indeed responsive to inquiries and posts regular updates on the mission to cut apart the vessel, which was transporting about 4,300...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/golden-ray-dismantling-continues-into-new-year

Bulker sale refocuses PIL on container shipping

Pacific International Lines, the beleaguered Singaporean liner operator, has sold another bulk carrier, as it increasingly concentrates on its core container business.

VesselsValue reported PIL had sold the 2013-built 56,600dwt bulk carrier, Glovis Madrid, for US$9.7m, three months after selling the 2012-built 56,700dwt bulker, Glovis Maestro, for US$9.2m, both to unidentified Chinese buyers.

The sales leave PIL with ownership of three similar sized 2013-built bulk carriers, and observers believe...

https://container-news.com/bulker-sale-refocuses-pil-on-container-shipping/

Chain break latest kink in Golden Ray dismantling

Salvage crews in St. Simons Sound on Tuesday continued cutting the first of eight huge sections of the M/V Golden Ray wreckage.

The Golden Ray ran aground and capsized while departing from the Port of Brunswick in Georgia in September 2019. The roll-on/roll-off vessel, with about 4,300 vehicles on board, has remained on its side in St. Simons Sound since the accident. 

The dismantling was delayed first by a coronavirus infection among the response personnel in July, then by the arrival of the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/chain-break-latest-kink-in-golden-ray-dismantling

Golden Ray dismantling equipment arrives in St. Simons Sound

The heavy-lift vessel needed to dismantle the M/V Golden Ray, the car carrier that has been on its side off the coast of Georgia since capsizing more than a year ago, arrived in St. Simons Sound on Tuesday.

“The next step in the process is final rigging and anchoring, which will take place over the next several days,” Coast Guard Petty Officer Michael Himes told American Shipper. “Once that is complete, we will begin cutting operations, weather permitting.”

The VB10,000 is equipped with two...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/golden-ray-dismantling-equipment-arrives-in-st-simons-sound

KITA and KSA discuss tough Pacific trading conditions

Liner operators have told South Korean shippers that it will not be easy to solve Transpacific container capacity issues, in a meeting last week.

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) initiated a meeting with representatives of various liner operators on 24 September, through the Korea Shipowners’ Association (KSA), to discuss rising Transpacific rates, which have come to the attention of both China’s Ministry of Transport and the US Federal Maritime Commission.

The shippers complained...

https://container-news.com/kita-and-ksa-discuss-tough-pacific-trading-conditions/

Investigator testifies Golden Ray violated stability regulations

A naval architect testified Tuesday that the Golden Ray’s ballast level was not compliant with stability regulations when the vehicle carrier capsized while departing the Port of Brunswick in September 2019. 

“If the vessel had kept the additional ballast on board that was discharged during the Freeport-to-Jacksonville voyage, this would have resulted in full compliance with the 2008 Intact Stability Code and likely would have prevented the capsize,” said Lt. Ian Oviatt of the U.S. Coast Guard...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/investigator-testifies-golden-ray-violated-stability-regulations

Pilot radioed ‘I’m losing her’ as Golden Ray capsized

The pilot guiding the M/V Golden Ray out of St. Simons Sound recalled seeing “fear in the faces” of the crew as the car carrier capsized.

Port of Brunswick pilot Jonathan Tennant, represented by counsel, testified Friday during a hearing being conducted to determine the cause of the September 2019 capsizing of the roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessel.

The hearing, which is scheduled to continue through Tuesday, is being conducted by the Coast Guard, National Transportation Safety Board, Republic of...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/pilot-radioed-im-losing-her-as-golden-ray-capsized

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