The multi-agency command overseeing the salvage operation plans to saw the Golden Ray into eight huge chunks and load them onto barges bound for a salvage yard on the Gulf Coast. 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Texas-based T&T Salvage LLC (T&T) has been selected to remove the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound. We were told this plan we’re going with is faster and more efficient. More than 50 staff out of approximately 300 personnel have been quarantined due to contact tracing.Susan Inman, coastkeeper with the Altamaha Riverkeeper says she is disappointed with the decision to push the salvage operation back.Inman adds she wants the Unified Command to do a natural resource damage assessment.Crews using shipping containers filled with concrete to prevent erosion caused by Golden RayMost crew members made it out quickly, but it took 36 hours before all of the ship’s crew were rescued.U.S. The Unified Command overseeing the salvage has opted for a salvage plan that involves cutting the ship into sections and removing each using the twin-gantry crane heavy lift catamaran VB-10,000. Golden Ray to be dismantled in place Published on 14-10-2019 at 13:37 The capsized car carrier Golden Ray will be dismantled in place as safely righting and refloating the vessel is not possible anymore, according to the Unified Command responsible for the salvage operation. 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The Golden Ray cargo ship wrecked last year while carrying over 4,000 vehicles. Weeks Marine has completed the pile driving operation in the salvage of the Golden Ray vehicle carrier in Georgia’s St. Simons Sound. The Golden Ray overturned Sept. 8 while heading out to sea with a cargo of 4,200 vehicles. Crews announced they will wait two months before cutting the capsized Golden Ray into eight giant pieces in St. Simons Sound. I can’t imagine that being true, It’ll be a year before they even start cutting, so I don’t know, I’m stunned. The team working on the Golden Ray salvage operation in Saint Simons Sound is giving an update on their progress. The capsized car carrier Golden Ray will be dismantled in place as safely righting and refloating the vessel is not possible anymore, according to the Unified Command responsible for the salvage operation. It plans to begin cutting on the vessel in early October. The decision to delay a ship salvage is being criticized. Work resumes on Golden Ray removal after ... tested positive for COVID-19 including a salvage master and a crane ... 10,000 may move but the equipment is dedicated to the operation. “This is one of the most complicated marine casualty responses in … ... Read moreWork Resumes On Salvage Operation Of Cargo Ship Golden Ray “It’s another two months that the ship will be in the water and there are so many things that could go wrong…there’s only so much the ship can take at this point.