MASSIVE SALVAGE OPERATION : The MV GOLDEN RAY
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Today we are going to take a look at the massive salvage operation of the MV Golden Ray and the incredible coast guard mission to save the crew of the abandoned ship !
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CHAPTER 1
THE BASICS | MV Golden Ray
The MV Golden Ray was built in South Korea, by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world. The ship had its official launch in August of 2016. In May of 2017, the Golden Ray was delivered to its owner, Hyundai Glovis. A logistics company that's part of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. If you haven’t guessed yet, the MV Golden Ray was a car carrier ship.
The carrier was massive, at a length of 656 ft, it had a capacity of 7,400 cars and could slice the waves at 19.5 knots, or 22.4 miles per hour.
CHAPTER 2
THE CAPSIZING | Port Brunswick Harbor
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Since September 2019, the car carrier MV Golden Ray has been lying on her side in shallow water near the Port of Brunswick in Georgia State. It was carrying 4,200 brand new Kia and Hyundai cars, and 100 cars from different manufacturers that were all headed for delivery to the Middle East.
The ship was filled with mostly Kia and Hyundai cars headed to the Middle east, and it is believed the incident was related to loss of stability due to improper cargo stowage and incorrect water ballasting. A really dangerous mix.
By October, it was decided that the MV Golden Ray was a total loss, and the ship would be cut up in place and scrapped.
CHAPTER 3
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS |
By November of 2019, a nonprofit that monitors pollution in Georgia’s Altamaha River, described a concoction of contaminants that was already found in the water. Including gas and heavy bunker fuel that powered the ship… not to mention the gasoline, diesel and antifreeze from all the vehicles on board.
The discharge could have been limited to a small amount, but the oil and chemicals could have also washed into marshland and seeped into the sediment.
Concern was also expressed about a new wave of contaminants from the capsized ship when it is cut up for salvage. Oil-coated grass and floating tarballs were observed around St. Simon's Sound and St. Simon's Island.
CHAPTER 4
CLEAN UP |
The Golden Ray had 24 fuel tanks, and all of them were almost full when it capsized. Clean up operations focused on those tanks first and foremost. Only 20 days after the incident, two of the tanks were already pumped clean, and the rest were plugged up. Some 15,000 gallons were pumped out, from a total of 300,000 gallons on board.
During that time, the ship caught on fire, because why wouldn’t it ? That, coupled with saltwater corrosion and salvage costs, prompted the owners to declare the Golden Ray a total loss. At this point, it was decided that the best course of action would be to cut the ship up in place and scrap all of it.
Insurance losses on the ship were estimated at $80 million, plus an additional $80 million for its cargo.
By December of 2019, Coast Guard Authorities confirmed that workers had managed to remove all of the vessel’s fuel.
CHAPTER 5
SALVAGE |
In January of 2020, the ship caught on fire one more time, right before the start of cutting operations. This really threw the workers for a loop and slowed down the process.
The plan was to cut the ship up in 8 sections, each weighing between 2,700 and 4,100 tons.
Those pieces would then be removed on barges and brought to land for proper disposal.
By October, the VB-10,000, the largest lift vessel ever built in the United States, was positioned over the ship.The VB-10,000 is capable of lifting 6,800T, making it the perfect tool for the job. By the way, this machinery was built to clear debris from toppled oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. I imagine it's a sad day in any boardroom when the words “Bring out the VB-10,000” are spoken.
In November, the first cut, which was removing the vessel’s bow, was completed. It was originally expected to take a mere 24 hours, but a tropical storm and a broken cutting chain made the process last 20 days.
Oh yeah, the cutting chain. You might have wondered how they would cut up a massive ship.
With a cutting chain of course. The easiest way to explain it is to watch this video and think of a wire cheese cutter. But on a grand scale !
The process hasn’t been without issues though. At one point, the salvage company was accused of negligence when cars were filmed falling into the water. And in May, the ship caught fire AGAIN. This time it was extinguished fairly quickly.
By July 6th, 2021, section “3” was removed, leaving only two more cuts and three more sections to be transported to shore. It will be another few months before the salvage operation is complete.
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@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Old dogs can only be unwilling to learn new tricks ! Keep it up friend, I hope you enjoy my future videos as well ! Thank you so much for the nice comment, cheers !
@brockstang
2 жыл бұрын
My father and grandfather taught me the same thing, Try to learn something new everyday.
@FabFunty
2 жыл бұрын
@@brockstang And what did we learned from this today ? _Never do improper cargo storing and incorrect water ballasting on your 71,178 GT car carrier_
I lived on Saint Simons Island for 20 years... the Golden Ray has become so popular, that the shops by the pier have immortalized it in various types of merch from shirts to pictures. The tag line: "Ship Happens"
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Can't let any tragedy go to waste !
@stephenbrown571
3 жыл бұрын
Yep I live in orange park Florida. It was big news. I haul John Deere tractors off the port in Brunswick.
@Smokey_Cornbread
3 жыл бұрын
@@stephenbrown571 everytime I go home I make sure to check on the progress and see for myself how far along they are.
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was. Then everything else in the world happened so the msm kinda forgot about this. I’m sure it’s still reported on regularly where you live and work though !
@angelajohnson6941
3 жыл бұрын
I usually go to Epworth by the Sea on St. Simons at least twice a year. The last time I went was right as the pandemic started. I haven’t been back yet. I miss my island time. I wonder what the long term environmental impact will be. So sad
My husband worked on this project from day one! What a massive project from where they started until now
Yes more in depth videos on a single subject.
I think it's great to have more in depth stories of all kinds of stuff.
Please do more like this. I find it fascinating. This one is amazing in its sheer engineering scale. I am currently binge watching all of your vids as I saw a good few some time back but you seemed to stop uploading. PLEASE continue. I hope you get a sponsor. You deserve it for your fab content!!
Would you ever work on a massive ship like this ? Have you worked on a ship before ? :O
@ptown24
3 жыл бұрын
No and No
@jswany72
3 жыл бұрын
This was excellent. I love this channel and the content you produce and i have for many years. This was new for you and i must say, do go on. You did very well with this in depth video and I for one am very impressed and would love to see more. My favorite channel on YT by far. Look forward to more awesome content!
@ianforrest6728
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a retired navy veteran, Roro ferries ⛴ don't have a good safety record, they are very prone to roll overs.
This is in my town! Lol. Been watching the salvage on my kayak. The May fire was crazy. Black smoke everywhere. I have pictures on my phone from my kayak of every section that was brought to port to get ready for transport. I was less than 100 feet of all sections at port. Simply huge and amazing.
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
That’s crazy ! I saw a few YT channels had some personal videos from there. Crazy that you have that as your backdrop when kayaking !! But the alternative is for them to close it all of ? Which I don’t think would fly.
@laurawilkinson2679
6 ай бұрын
How long did it take to cut each section completely? We visited one week while the ship was still whole. It was while COVID was rampant, but I just needed to go to St Simons and walk on the beaches to soothe my soul. We vacationed each year on the island when I was growing up. I love that place so much!
Yes. This type of subject-matter has always been of great interest to me.
I loved this. Definitely do some more of these. I still like the countdowns a lot, but I would love to have them be interspersed with videos like this.
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
I’m going to try and switch off between the two formats. Later on I will try my hand at live exploring as well ! Cheers and thanks !
@respectbossmon
2 жыл бұрын
@@WorldUnearthed Cool. This was both a little documentary and news to me. I had no idea this happened.
You really got me with the sponsor thing.
heavy salvage is pretty fascinating. each wreck is unique, and they always have to employ McGyver style techniques to get the job done
Awesome video, please do more like this. So glad you’re back and so active!!
Very interesting video, anytime I say "WOW" when I'm watching a video I would have to say is a good video. When I saw a slice of that ship and then got my brain to understand what I was looking at...that's when I said "WOW".
Yes do more like this. The more details the better!
Yes. We love this type of content. Can't say I've disliked anything you've done. I'm just happy for all the uploads.
WOW, WHAT AN EYE FULL. I NEED TO SEE MORE.
pretty cool video, never seen this type of recovery done before. thank you for the insight to the accident aswell.
Absolutely do more videos like this one!
Great video never seen anyone cover a story like this keep them coming but don't forget about your original content
I live in Brunswick, GA and this is still going on.
More in depth single subject content. The countdowns are cool but you could spend so much more time on each number and make such a better video. I never understood the need to make rushed countdown videos
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
It really depends. I’ve had a lot of issues with omitting awesome information to keep the video down but a lot of the time information doesn’t translate to good video content since there is limited media material. I’ll be making a lot more of these single subject videos in the future though so I hope you like them !
@ptpracing3196
3 жыл бұрын
@@WorldUnearthed I like them it’s a cool channel just felt the countdowns have always been rushed but I still watch
@collinszo7675
3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate what someone took his time to show or let u know.
in depth vids needed! you make them, we will watch them.
That sponsor message lol
Yes vids like this and please keep your original one's coming as well.
Yes Yes Yes .More salvage please
Love your videos as always and yes would love to see more in Is depth videos on one subject Keep up the great work man you deserve a million subscribers
Definitely please do more these type of videos. Quite honestly, I love all your videos. And your dry sense of humor lol. Keep them coming
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
I made one more like this about the Arecibo observatory ! What did you think of it ?
Love it very cool, more please!
Wow, that was a truly interesting video with some amazing footage. Loved this new take on your video style. Bring us some more of these..!!
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Already did ! Check out my latest video :)
Love it. Do more please.
This was amazing could you do more like this
Cool stuff. Keep it up 🤟🏼
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i do like the single topic format, just more in depth
Great contents ;over this type of stuff
Well done and very interesting!
I like content like this but pretty much any content you drop is cool with me. Abandoned and ghost towns are my number 1 preference. But i didnt know about this right here so i learned something new
You're content is great, and the new style is good too, will gladly watch both types
Great Vlog very Interesting so ive subed thank you
Hell yeah more in depth videos are great. So are the multi subject videos.
Awesome content! Keep it up 😃👍
This video was really interesting I would like to see more of these
Yes this stuff is cool to watch
I like these Type Of Video Up-loads. Give us viewers, "Some-What Up-To-Date News from Around The World". Don't be Offended due to the Last Statement. I Extremely Love . Keep up the Good Work.
I like this type of content
Most, least detailed, most misleading marine salvage video on youtube. Great work!
First: This single subject video is great. I like both formats. Second: Have you heard of the car carrier Tricolor from back in 2002? It was a car carrier that collided in the English Channel and laid on it’s side for a couple years before people could figure out how to get rid of it. It was huge like this ship although 30 feet shorter. They finally decided to cut it up and remove the sections as had been done with one of the sunken Russian Submarines. They had to come up with a jerry rigged system to carry the cutting chain between two barges. An interesting item of note with the salvage operation is it was all kept updated on the internet back when the internet was still fairly new for the general public. There was a website made specifically for the operation and I’d daily check it to see how they were progressing. Back then it was cool exciting stuff, watching something major on the other side of the world on my computer screen. Of course now we take all that stuff for granted. I suspect lots of the lessons learned with Tricolor were used here with this ship.
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
I had not heard of it. Unless it was the one that was completely submerged near the Netherlands ? Cause that one was a doozy as well /:
@DardanellesBy108
3 жыл бұрын
@@WorldUnearthed I think you’re referring to the same one.
@DardanellesBy108
3 жыл бұрын
Depending on the tides it would be fully submerged or right at the surface.
@paulriggers1558
2 жыл бұрын
@@WorldUnearthed herald of free enterprise was a ferry that capsized killing quite a few people - that was near the netherlands - they set sail without fully closing the loading ramp system, which flooded the car deck as it cleared the port. 193 lost souls
Mooooore....
Dude all your content is good. Always look forward to your videos! Glad to see you back with regular uploads. Should cover other salvage/clean up videos, maybe the Fukushima nuclear power plant clean up?
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that has been such a sad but empowering story of human effort. A lot of tragedy revolving around it.
All eyes good stuff
More ship salvage!
Very nice very nice
aWESOME!
What an ordeal! Glad there was a solution. I know this fail costed A LOT of $$$
Very interesting watch
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
More drama would be awesome.
I know I'd like to see more in depth videos like this, good work man keep it up
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks ! Thats awesome to hear cause I enjoy making these videos a lot
@SteelHatKing
3 жыл бұрын
@@WorldUnearthed I've been subbed for awhile and if you'd like some video ideas I have one you could some videos like a series type thing about creepy strange places in each state I think that'd be super interesting I know I'd like to see what you dig up on utah should you choose to do this idea
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
@@SteelHatKing oooh, that would be a pretty cool series !
@ptown24
3 жыл бұрын
@@SteelHatKing yea i like the way you think
Nice video.
It is always weird when your hometown shows up in a KZread video, but then again what happened to the Golden Ray and seeing it for years in the Sound has been surreal. And to answer the question about why no apostrophe in the name St. Simons Island... blame the Spanish. They named the island doing their original survey when they landed and settled St. Augustine, FL.
Built by Hyundai Kia. Explains everything right there!
Great video, my wife and I were wondering about the condition of the cars in the ship. I knew it would be bad but not that bad.
I like this format, an in-depth of any given subject would be nice to se in that sexy voice of yours… stay safe out there and keep up the good work
I guess there's two VB 10,000s. I'm looking at one that stays in Port Arthur, Tx. Sabine Pass
This “In-depth} vid was great. Have they actually found a cause as opposed “A” or “C” as an answer?
I have never seen a cutting chain being used for a ship. Interesting video. Single subject videos please.
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Really got me by surprise too ! But I guess it makes sense lol
@JeffDeWitt
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard of it in a Clive Cussler novel, but this is the first time I've heard of it being used in real life.
@Z-e-r-0
3 жыл бұрын
they didn't use a chain. this video is full of so much misleading info. there's hour+ long videos in detail of this operation.
You know your salvage/lift vessel is big when it has 2 helicopter pads...
I don't see salvaging. I see scrapping.
Great video… the single subject videos is a good idea
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks ! I’ll start making more of these, I enjoy em as well :)
@Mr_nobody_2246
3 жыл бұрын
@@WorldUnearthed you do very interesting videos, I hope you start pickin up steam and making that KZread money!
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I'll watch whatever you put out. I live for the moments when you throw shade at somethings poor name choice or reason for existing.
Exactly What i Wanted to See This Chain Rope Cutting Method was Used Underwater By Subsea 7 On the Kursk
So what is the 'cutting chain' used to dissect this ship? Is it something like the diamond chain used to cut marble in a quarry? I need to learn something today and great video to!
@stevepereira8898
2 жыл бұрын
Check out the VB10K on you tube, a lot more info and videos of the company
In depth
yes please
Am I the only one who feels badly about all the cars that were destroyed? Yes, more single in depth content. You've talked about a lot of interesting places over the years, you could pick some of them out and go into more depth on them.
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
I am going to do more of this for sure, seems like it’s great reception :D. This one also spawned from an older top list video I did. At that time, the ship was in limbo, kinda abandoned.
@maryj560
2 жыл бұрын
I'm more concerned about all the contaminants in the water. sad for sure.
@davidlium9338
2 жыл бұрын
No, you are not the only one who feels badly about all the cars that were destroyed. In fact, upon hearing of this I just sat down and cried. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Some people were just never cut out to be Varsity Athletes. 😃
They used anchor chain to cut the Golden Ray. Maybe not cut but ripped it with high tension.
Yes all good."
So the car battery's were causing the fires.?
There’s a site on the internet that’s got the manifest and at the time of the capsizing 3000+ cars on the ship were from GM
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Just wanted to see how they cut it up.
I for one would like a little more like this, your other content is good too 👍
3000+ cars onboard were from General Motors the rest of the cars were Jeep’sKia’s/Mercedes’s and RAM’s plus personnel cars and a few cars from Ford/Chrysler and Tesla were onboard no Hyundai’s were onboard at the time of its capsizing As we speak section 6 is hanging from the VB-10000 leaving only 1 more cut
@WorldUnearthed
3 жыл бұрын
Hmm. That’s conflicting information (about the cars on board ) but I will look into it for sure. Yeah they are progressing pretty fast this time around, it won’t be long until it’s done !
Wow they grabbed that fuel and metal up quick and got paid off on the insurance claim...how much of that went into cleaning up the mess, and did they clean it all up?
I prefer single story content
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Well 4 me as an engineer this was a bit shallow.... I would love stuff to b more in depth , (excuse the wee pun....)
Kinda felt bad for the ship though
The local WM store will buy them there auto s and sell them to you Mr and Ms USA citizens....
I am sorry you got no sponsor.i ask my family heather i can be one
I thought this shit was rated by Smit salvage inc of Denmark they did another ship or it sank in another country that one they had to cut up into pieces but this one didn’t sink and I thought I seen a video of it when they Refloated it then they brought the ship to the dock and unloaded it and the video showed a lot of the vehicles were destroyed even heavy equipment was inside that was being shipped was heavily damaged. But the ship wasn’t cut up for scrap it was refurbished. That’s if this is the ship that floundered in the United States because I do know of one that sank after floundering in England that one they had to cut up in pieces.
Oof. Salvaging a ship barely 6 years old is sad.
Capsize is upside down.
dude i would have been cutting those cats off as they pulled the cars out
The only good Hyundai or Kia are the ones used as Boat Anchors⚓ oh, Their also good for target practice.
CDIIISD
Why would they name it what 😂 you sound stressed 😂