May 14, 2021
A fire has started in the wreck of the Golden Ray wreck in St. Simons Sound, Georgia, sending a thick plume of black, billowing smoke into the air.
The fire reportedly started this morning during pre-cutting operations involving hot work on section three of the wreck.
Fire fighting in on-going using an installed fire suppression system on the wreck itself and also by crews on the VB10000 and smaller “bear cub” tugs inside the Environmental Protection Barrier. Flames could be seen coming from one of the exposed sections of the vessel.
Heavy, black thick smoke seen coming out of overturned #GoldenRay. Sun Inman, Altamaha Riverkeeper, shared this video. She says there was a fire earlier this am but crews thought it was under control. Inman says she doesn’t see a lot of activity putting it out right now. @wjxt4pic.twitter.com/DiTdBpTxQb Brittany Muller (@BrittMullerNews) May 14, 2021
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The salvage and wreck removal of the capsized Golden Ray will continue for “several more months” in St. Simons Sound, Georgia, now more than a year and half since the car carrier ran aground with more than 4,000 vehicles inside.
The St. Simons Sound Incident Response Unified Command updated the media on the extended operation on Monday after reporting the successful separation of “Section Seven” over the weekend. Section Seven proved to be the most difficult section to cut to date due to reinforced steel surrounding the ship’s engine room.
Wreck removal personnel are now preparing the section for lifting operations by removing vehicles, moveable decks and sediment similar to earlier weight-shedding operations. Once lifted, the section will be loaded onto a barge and secured for transit to a facility at the local Mayors Point Terminal to undergo sea-fastening for an ocean transit to Louisiana. Fixed monitors and hydrographic surveys confirm that the r
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.
More than a year after the cargo ship Golden Ray capsized in the St. Simons Sound on its way out of the Port of Brunswick, most of it is still sitting in the water. Salvage crews are cutting it up, as they and environmental groups anxiously watch for a possible oil spill.
Every day, Sue Inman checks the water and the beaches around St. Simons and Jekyll Island. She looks for oil or car parts from the Golden Ray, which had more than 4,000 cars on board when it capsized in September 2019.
Inman is the Altamaha Riverkeeper’s Coast Keeper. She reports what she sees to the proper channels.