St. Simons Sound

VIDEO: Final Golden Ray section leaves St. Simons Sound

More than two years after the capsize of the car carrier Golden Rayon September 8, 2019, the final section of its dismantled wreck has now been removed from St. Simons Sound, Ga.

Video released by the St. Simons Sound Incident Response shows wreck removal personnel stowing the final section of the wreck and transporting it to a local facility for partial dismantling. Once partially dismantled, the wreck section pieces will be transloaded to container barges and shipped to a recycling facility...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/video-final-golden-ray-section-leaves-st-simons-sound/

Chief officer’s ballast level error blamed for Golden Ray capsizing

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined inaccurate stability calculations led to the September 2019 capsizing of the Golden Ray in Georgia’s St. Simons Sound.

“The NTSB determined the probable cause of the capsizing of the Golden Ray was the chief officer’s error entering ballast quantities into the stability calculation program, which led to his incorrect determination of the vessel’s stability and resulted in the Golden Ray having an insufficient righting arm to counteract the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chief-officers-ballast-level-error-blamed-for-golden-ray-capsizing

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fire-blamed-for-latest-golden-ray-dismantling-delay

VIDEO: Fire breaks out on Golden Ray wreck

Coast Guard and Unified Command personnel were this afternoon trying to suppress a fire that broke out within the remaining portion of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray, which is being dismantled and removed in sections from St. Simons Sound., Ga.

For anyone who followed the capsized #GoldenRay in St. Simons last year, it is on fire today. Crews have been cutting it up for the last year. My friend sent me this video pic.twitter.com/VRNwXHri3C

— Wright Gazaway (@WrightKATU) May...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/salvage/video-fire-breaks-out-on-golden-ray-wreck/

3 More Cuts, Golden Ray wreck Halfway Mark

  • The demolition of an overturned cargo ship in the St. Simons Sound is halfway done after a fourth section of the Golden Ray was sliced, separated and lifted from the wreck.
  • After the major milestone was reached, News4Jax on Monday went out on a boat with the St. Simons Sound Incident Unified Command to learn more about the removal process up close.
  • Lifejackets were available for every passenger aboard in the event of an emergency.

A recent News4jax news source by Brittany Muller reveals that...

https://mfame.guru/3-more-cuts-golden-ray-wreck-halfway-mark/

How Complicated Salvage and Wreck Removal Can Get

If you want to know how bad the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal could have got, look no further than the MV Golden Ray in the United States, reports gcaptain.

Cutting of Section Seven

The car carrier had some 4,200 vehicles on board when it lost stability near the Port of Brunswick in September 8, 2019 and it remains overturned on a sandbar in St. Simons Sound, Georgia, where crews continue work to cut up and remove the wreck section by section. With the exception of a limited number of...

https://mfame.guru/how-complicated-salvage-and-wreck-removal-can-get/

Salvors Prepare For Third Slicing Of Capsized Carrier

Salvors continued last week to prepare for the third chain cut through the hull of capsized vehicles carrier Golden Ray (IMO 9775816), reports Insurance Marine News.

Work at the wreck site 

Divers were removing debris and sediment that was blocking the cutting chain from entering the cut groove for the third cut, according to the response command. Crews were also working on the topside of the wreck to drill holes in order to perforate cut lines for the fourth cut in the series.

Strong currents at...

https://mfame.guru/salvors-prepare-for-third-slicing-of-capsized-carrier/

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

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

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