St. Simons Sound Incident response team released a video where responders lift and lower Section Two of the Golden Ray wreck onto the Barge JULIE B and commence ballasting operations.
In fact, the section will undergo preliminary sea-fastening for a transit to a response facility at Mayors Point Terminal in Brunswick, Ga.
Once secured for ocean transit, the JULIE B will depart Brunswick enroute to the ship recycling facility in Louisiana.
Following the removal of Section Two, the VB-10000 will prepare to resume cutting Section Seven. Divers continue operations to insert the cutting chain back into the cut groove for Section Seven. Response engineers continue to collect data from fixed monitors and hydrographic surveys and they confirm that the wreck remains stable.
Responders continue to observe and recover oil sheens and debris on the water around the wreck site.
At the same time, Natural Resource Advisers continue to monitor wildlife and marine life in the vicinity response operations. Survey teams continue to assess the shoreline to find and remove any debris or other environmental impacts.
What is more, the Unified Command (UC) developed a multi-layer approach for observing, surveying, documenting and mitigating any releases of oil or debris during cutting and lifting operations. Recovery personnel are on-station at the Environmental Protection Barrier (EPB), at the shoreline and on the water around the Golden Ray shipwreck.
To remind, the vessel capsized on September 8, with 20 rescued crewmembers and four more missing. The four missing crew were rescued and then the authorities proceeded to an oil spill response, as oil leak was seen from the capsized vessel.
