Lasy week, we posted that the removal of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray was being delayed by an outbreak of coronavirus in the salvage team on the heavy-lift barge VB-10,000, nicknamed the “Golden Arches.” Now with the onset of the hurricane season, the salvage operation has been postponed until at least October 1. The Golden Ray capsized as it departed the Port of Brunswick, GA, carrying about 4,200 vehicles last September.
In the meantime, here is an animation of how the Golden Ray will be cut into eight sections that will be hauled off by barges to the scrapyard.
They will be cutting into auto gas tanks, oil pans, ship fule, etc.
Hopefully they deal with leaks from those?
The ship’s fuel has been removed. There is never much gasoline in the car’s fuel tanks.
Rick, What about engine oil?
I remember back in 2002 when they were removing the tricolor in the Netherland approaches, we sailed past about five miles south of the salvage operation, they were ‘hull down’ but the cranes were huge.