![]() 5 starboard water ballast tank, correcting the list from 0.42° to port to 0.03° to starboard. 5 port water ballast tank in the ship's double bottom to the no. After the cargo was loaded at the dock in Brunswick, the chief officer transferred 8 t (7.9 long tons 8.8 short tons) of water from the no. On 8 September 2019 at approximately 0137 EDT, the Golden Ray capsized within the Port of Brunswick's harbor, shortly after unberthing and proceeding towards the Port of Baltimore. When it left Brunswick, the vessel was carrying approximately 4,300 brand new Kia and Hyundai cars manufactured in Mexico, and vehicles made by other companies including Chevrolet, GMC, GM, Mercedes-Benz, and Ram to Baltimore, Maryland some were destined for delivery to the Middle East. : 11 It then was scheduled to sail to Baltimore, Wilmington, Beirut, Jeddah, Sohar, Jebel Ali, Dammam, and Kuwait. Golden Ray began its final voyage by loading vehicles at the ports of Veracruz (19–), Altamira (24–25 Aug), and Freeport (27–30 Aug) from there, the ship proceeded to Jacksonville (6–7 Sep) and Brunswick (7–8 Sep), where some vehicles were unloaded and others were loaded. She was powered by a single diesel engine that gave her a service speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h 22.4 mph) via a single propeller, and had a capacity of up to 7,400 cars. Golden Ray measured 71,118 gross tons and 20,995 deadweight tons, and was 200 metres (656 ft 2 in) long, with a beam of 35.4 metres (116 ft 2 in). She was delivered from the builder on, and at the time of her capsizing was owned and operated by Hyundai Glovis. Her keel was laid on 23 December 2015, and she was launched on 26 August 2016. Golden Ray was built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea. She was eventually declared a total loss and was removed as scrap. Simons Sound near the Port of Brunswick in Georgia, United States. ![]() The MV Golden Ray was a 200-metre long (660 ft) roll-on/roll-off cargo ship designed to carry automobiles that capsized on 8 September 2019 in St. ![]()
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