One of the unique features of those huge car carrier ships are the ramps that allow workers to load and unload the vehicles by simply driving them into position.
Today crews finished removing those ramps, clearing the way for the eventual cutting up of the Golden Ray into several pieces to remove it from the water off Brunswick Georgia where is has been sitting since September 8, 2019.
You can see one of the ramps on the left side of this photo, taken by the U.S. Coast Guard before the removal.
This photo shows one ramp being removed.
The Atlanta-Journal reported in November about the cost of the accident to the owners and the insurers:
"The Golden Ray is the sixth major car carrier incident in 2019, according to reports from Tradewinds, an international shipping newspaper based in London. Like the Golden Ray, each of the other carriers experienced fires on board. “There is a lot of similarity between the incidents. There are a lot of fires or stability problems. Those are the two big problems that car carriers have,” said Adam Corbett, reporter for Tradewinds. Overheated cars can ignite from their electrical components, and because there is nothing to separate the cars inside the ship, fire can spread quickly, he said......The loss is likely to cost the ship’s insurer between $70 million and $80 million, according to Tradewinds. Cargo is insured separately and may add up to $80 million to the claim."
There are still questions about the cargo.
The Hyundai USA folks at their only U.S. plant here in Montgomery told timlennox.com there were no Hyundai cars from the plant on the ship, but there were some Kia vehicles.
Other sources have reported that most of the cars were Hyundai vehicles made in Mexico and being shipped to the Middle East.
Today crews finished removing those ramps, clearing the way for the eventual cutting up of the Golden Ray into several pieces to remove it from the water off Brunswick Georgia where is has been sitting since September 8, 2019.
You can see one of the ramps on the left side of this photo, taken by the U.S. Coast Guard before the removal.
The Atlanta-Journal reported in November about the cost of the accident to the owners and the insurers:
"The Golden Ray is the sixth major car carrier incident in 2019, according to reports from Tradewinds, an international shipping newspaper based in London. Like the Golden Ray, each of the other carriers experienced fires on board. “There is a lot of similarity between the incidents. There are a lot of fires or stability problems. Those are the two big problems that car carriers have,” said Adam Corbett, reporter for Tradewinds. Overheated cars can ignite from their electrical components, and because there is nothing to separate the cars inside the ship, fire can spread quickly, he said......The loss is likely to cost the ship’s insurer between $70 million and $80 million, according to Tradewinds. Cargo is insured separately and may add up to $80 million to the claim."
There are still questions about the cargo.
The Hyundai USA folks at their only U.S. plant here in Montgomery told timlennox.com there were no Hyundai cars from the plant on the ship, but there were some Kia vehicles.
Other sources have reported that most of the cars were Hyundai vehicles made in Mexico and being shipped to the Middle East.
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