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After completion of a lengthy and challenging cutting operation, tug crews removed Section Seven of the Golden Ray wreck from the Environmental Protection Barrier (EPB) by barge on Tuesday, April 27th. The section transited to a facility at Mayors Point Terminal for further sea-fastening in preparation for an ocean transit to a recycling facility in Louisiana. Collected data from fixed monitors and hydrographic surveys confirms that the remaining wreck is stable. Wreck removal personnel will shift the VB-10000 and prepare the cutting apparatus for cutting operations to separate Section Three of the remaining wreck.

The wreck is being dismantled in eight sections – the two closest to the bow (Sections One and Two) and two closest to the stern (Section Seven and Eight) have now been cut and removed.  Four amidship remain.

The VB-10000 lifts Section Seven of the Golden Ray wreck during operations to remove the section by barge. St. Simons Sound Incident response photo.

The VB-10000 lifts Section Seven of Golden Ray wreck during removal operations. St. Simons Sound Incident response photo.

Wreck removal personnel observe Section Seven of the Golden Ray wreck as the Tug Kurt J. Crosby maneuvers the Barge 455-7 underneath the section during removal operations. St. Simons Sound Incident response photo.

Section Seven transits by barge to Mayors Point Terminal in Brunswick, Ga. St. Simons Sound Incident response photo.

Click HERE to read our previous update on this project.