Golden Ray

Golden Ray

Ship data flag  Marshall Islands Ship type Car transporter Callsign V7MB9 home port Majuro Owner GL NV24 Shipping Inc., Seoul , South Korea Shipping company Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea Shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd., Ulsan , South Korea Build number H.8151 Keel laying 23rd December 2015 Launch 26th August 2016

Ship dimensions and crew length 199.95 m ( Lüa ) width 35.40 m Draft Max. 10.60 m measurement 71,178 GT   crew 23

Machine system machine 1 × two - stroke diesel engine Machine performance 12,927 kW (17,576 hp) Service speed 19 kn (35 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 20,995 dwt Vehicle capacity 7,700 cars

Others Classifications Korean Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. 9775816

The Golden Ray was a car carrier about 200 meters long .

history

The ship was built under the hull number H.8151 by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan . The keel was laid on December 23, 2015, the launch on August 26, 2016. The ship was completed on December 5, 2017. The ship of the Hyundai Glovis shipping company was mainly used to transport new vehicles.

Coast Guard rescue work after capsizing in 2019

On the night of September 8, 2019, the ship with 4,200 motor vehicles on board in St. Simons Sound Bay en route from the port of Brunswick , Georgia to the Port of Baltimore , skewed and capsized. There were 24 people on board, 23 South Korean and Filipino crew members and a US pilot . After 20 people had been rescued, smoke from a fire that broke out on board prevented the other seamen from being rescued.

On September 10, 2019, 30 hours after the accident, the last four crew members were rescued by the United States Coast Guard after a rescue team cut the hull . Three of the seafarers were in the shaft tunnel , the fourth crew member was in the engine room .

The fuel available on board was pumped out. The wreck is now being scrapped on site.

Technical specifications

The ship was on a two-stroke - seven-cylinder - diesel engine powered with 12,927 kW of power. The engine worked on a propeller .

Three diesel generators were available to generate electricity.

The ship was loaded and unloaded via a stern ramp opening to the starboard side and via a ramp on the starboard side of the ship.

Web links

Commons : Golden Ray  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Register entry , Korean Register of Shipping

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Rescue impossible: capsized car freighter must be broken up at sea. In: spiegel.de . October 13, 2019, accessed October 13, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Fourth crew member rescued from overturned cargo ship, Coast Guard says. In: cbsnews.com . September 9, 2019, accessed October 13, 2019.
3. ↑ Last crew members freed from the unfortunate freighter. In: bild.de . September 10, 2019, accessed October 13, 2019.
4. ↑ Rescuers free sailors through borehole from damaged freighter. In: spiegel.de . September 10, 2019, accessed October 13, 2019.

Coordinates: 31 ° 7 ′ 39 ″  N , 81 ° 24 ′ 11 ″  W.