Jun 4, 2020

Photo Release: Final Lifting Lug Installed

A crane transfers the final lifting lug from aboard a barge to the hull of the motor vessel Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound, Georgia, June...

May 31, 2020

Photo Release: Environmental Protection Barrier Installation

A St. Simons Sound Incident Response crane lifts a 150-foot wide section of netting from a barge in preparation for its installation on...

May 19, 2020

Photo Release: Wildlife Rescue

Contractors working on the M/V Golden Ray spotted a small deer swimming inside the Environmental Protection Barrier surrounding the wreck...

May 17, 2020

Photo Release: Litter Pick Up

Employees of Shelton Services, Inc., recently picked up litter on the Little River Bridge catwalk in Brunswick, Georgia. Members of the...

May 12, 2020

Photo Release: U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter Visits Unified Command

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Norm Witt briefs U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Savannah (center), on the progress and future plans for the M/V Golden...

May 5, 2020

Photo Release: Eighth Lifting Lug Installed

T&T Salvage installs the eighth lifting lug on the M/V Golden Ray on May 6, 2020, in St. Simons Sound, Georgia. In total, 16 lugs are...

Apr 28, 2020

Photo Release: Pollution Response Exercise

Pollution response crews with the St. Simons Sound Incident Response conduct a pollution response exercise near the M/V Golden Ray on...

Apr 24, 2020

T&T Salvage installs the fifth lifting lug on the M/V Golden Ray

T&T Salvage installs the fifth lifting lug on the M/V Golden Ray on April 24, 2020, in St. Simons Sound, Georgia. In total, 16 lugs are...

Apr 23, 2020

PHOTO RELEASE: Testing of Fire Equipment

Personnel from T&T Salvage test the fire prevention system on board the M/V Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound, Ga., Wednesday, April 22,...

Apr 23, 2020

PHOTO RELEASE: Unified Command Visits Golden Ray Sister Ship

Coast Guard Cmdr. Norman Witt, Cmdr. Efren Lopez and several members of St. Simons Sound Incident Response salvage team visited the M/V...

Apr 19, 2020

PHOTO RELEASE: Completion of Pile Driving

The Weeks 531 Derrick Crane Barge approaches the Sidney Lanier Bridge on April 17, 2020, in route to Brunswick after completing its...

Apr 17, 2020

T&T Salvage installs the third and fourth lifting lugs on the M/V Golden Ray

U.S. Coast Guard photos by Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow U.S. Coast Guard photos by Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow T&T Salvage installs...

Apr 8, 2020

PHOTO RELEASE: Personal Protective Equipment donated to Georgia National Guard

ST. SIMONS, Ga. – Todd Farrar of Gallagher Marine Systems (GMS) presents a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to John Evan...

Apr 3, 2020

Photo Release: First Lifting Lug Installed on M/V Golden Ray

Unified Command photo by Abraham Cardenas T&T Salvage installs the first lifting lug on the M/V Golden Ray March 31, 2020, in St. Simons...

Mar 27, 2020

Photo Release: First Floating Pipe Barrier Segment Installed Around the Wreck Site

St. Simons Island, Ga. — On March 26, 2020, Weeks Marine, a contractor for the installation of the environmental protection barrier...

Mar 22, 2020

Unified Command answers the Vice President’s call for Donations

ST. SIMONS, Georgia. – The contractor representing the responsible party in the Unified Command’s response to the capsized Motor Vessel...

Mar 12, 2020

Photo Release: Containers Are Placed Around The Vessel To Reduce Tidal Flow Effects

The Weeks 541 places a shipping container into the St. Simons Sound off St. Simons Island, Georgia, near the Motor Vessel Golden Ray on...

Feb 28, 2020

Photo Release: EPB Construction

A Weeks Marine crane prepares to drive a pile using a vibratory hammer Feb. 26, 2020, near St. Simons Island, Georgia, as part of the...

Feb 5, 2020

St. Simons Sound Incident Response Unified Command announces EPB construction and wreck removal plan

The Unified Command (UC) for the St. Simons Sound Incident Response, in coordination with the owners of the motor vessel Golden Ray, have...

Jan 31, 2020

Unified Command for St. Simons Sound Incident Response finalizing plans for environmental protection

The Unified Command (UC) for the St. Simons Sound Incident Response and assisting organizations are actively engaged in finalizing plans...

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