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Crews onboard the work barges Farrell [left] and Columbia [right], work to clean residual fuel oil from tanks inside the M/V Golden Ray.


Crews work to remove the propeller from the M/V Golden Ray.


A Weeks Marine crane prepares to drive a pile using a vibratory hammer as part of the construction of the environmental protection barrier (EPB) around the motor vessel Golden Ray.


photo by Tyler Drapeau


protection barrier (EPB) to be built around the grounded vessel before it is cut into sections and removed. Te EPB will include large floating boom to help


contain surface pollutants, as well as double layer netting to contain subsurface debris. “We recognize that the floating boom of the EPB alone will probably not be enough to contain surface pollution when we cut into the hull,” said Coast Guard Cmdr. Norm Witt, federal on scene coordinator for the response. “Tat’s why we’ll have crews and equipment, both inside the barrier and out, ready to respond.”


Contractors will remove the wreck using the VB-10,000 floating crane – positioned astride the Golden Ray – to cut through the hull with a large diamond-cutting chain. Te plan is to make seven cuts and remove eight large sections. Each section of the Golden Ray, weighing approximately 2,700 to 4,100 tons, will be lifted by the VB-10,000 onto a barge, then transported to a certified off-site recycling facility for further dismantling and recycling.


“Each individual large-section cut will take approximately 24 hours, and once a cut begins, must WIRE ROPE EXCHANGE MARCH–APRIL 2020 29


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