Crews provide up-close look at Golden Ray wreck as removal process reaches halfway point
There are 3 more cuts to go & 4 more sections to lift from the wreck
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. – 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.
Another section separated from Golden Ray wreck
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Another section of the Golden Ray has been removed from the wreck. (St. Simons Sound Incident Response)
Another section of the Golden Ray has been separated from the rest of the wreck, according to the St. Simons Sound Incident Response.
Responders are now getting ready for a massive crane to lift that section onto a barge.
Rope access technicians used a cutting torch to remove steel off the Golden Ray.
This helped make it easier for an anchor chain to separate section seven from the rest of the shipwreck.
Now that responders have finished this cut, it’s ready to be lifted onto a barge using the Versabar 10,000. It will first make a stop at Mayors Point Terminal for sea-fastening before heading to a recycling plant in Louisiana.
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Crews will soon cut through Golden Ray’s fuel supply
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Salvage crews are preparing to take a critical step in removing the wreckage from the Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound.
Environmentalists are concerned because crews will soon sever the capsized cargo ship’s fuel line. It’s estimated that 44,000 gallons of fuel may still be sitting inside the vessel.
Hundreds of vehicles are still aboard the vessel, which is why pieces of large debris are washing up along some beaches in the area.
″Every day we do a beach patrol. We recover debris off the beach whether it be melted plastic, car panels, stuff that floats, foam, insulation, the majority of that stuff is oiled,” said Fletcher Sams with the Althamaha Riverkeeper.