[WRE | SPOTLIGHT] THE MUST-ATTEND EVENTS OF 2017 INTERNATIONAL SALES MAGAZINE NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2016
VERSABAR VB 10,000
HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM PULLS ITS WEIGHT
VIRTUAL REALITY THE FUTURE OF
OPERATOR TRAINING
continue until that cut is complete,” said John Maddox, Georgia Department of Natural Resource state on scene coordinator. “Tat means noise through the night during some 24-hour periods. We do not yet know when the cutting will begin, but we will make announcements for cutting operations once they are scheduled.” Preparations for lifting, outlined in a series of informational downloads made available by Unified
Command, include welding of lifting brackets to the top of the wreck which are intended to distribute the load and stabilize each section during lifting operations. Wire Rope Exchange published a profile of the VB-10,000 in our November/December 2016 issue, noting its innovative design and reviewing challenging projects it had tackled in its first seven years of service. We also emphasized that one key to its efficiency and versatility is the nearly 70,000 feet of wire rope spooled on 28 winches. You can read that article at
www.vbar.com/Media/
photo by Diego Hurtado
Weeks Marine, a contractor for the installation of the environmental protection barrier around the M/V Golden Ray, installs the first 36-inch diameter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) floating pipe barrier segment between pile pairs that will support the environmental protection barrier surrounding the M/V Golden Ray. (Unified Command)
A knuckle boom excavator picks up 1-to-3-inch rock-aggregate from a container barge and strategically places the rock next to the hull of the M/V Golden Ray to slow erosion.
With respect to the suitability of the VB-10,000 for
this work, Unified Command told Wire Rope Exchange that “Te choice of VB 10000 for this task was based on the fact that she is the only US Flag - Jones Act compliant heavy lift vessel with 7,500-ton capacity. In addition, she is outfitted with a unique lift frame and load control configuration as well as multiple layers of redundancy making her the only suitable platform to undertake this project.”
SUBJECT TO LITIGATION As we went to press, work was proceeding under this plan. However, it should be noted that the original salvage contractor, Donjon-SMIT, filed suit in Federal District Court claiming that they were improperly replaced after the ship’s owner rejected their plan for removing the vessel in smaller (~600 ton) sections and awarded the work to T&T Salvage. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood, while acknowledging that Donjon-SMIT was incurring irreparable financial losses while work continued, refused to issue an injunction on the basis that stopping work would be averse to the greater public interest in timely removal of the wreck. For their part, Donjon-SMIT has indicated to
the court a preference for its small section removal method, but a willingness to proceed with the large section approach should the ship’s owner insist on that alternative. At this time, the VB 10,000 is not in transit to the site of the wreck. Regardless of that outcome, this is a fantastically complex salvage effort that will have a series of dramatic heavy lift operations at its core. Follow our news feed at
www.wireropeexchange.com/news our or social media accounts for updates as this project proceeds. y
All photos accompanying this feature are courtesy of Te Unified Command for the St. Simons Sound Incident Response
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