US authorities allow two ships to sail out of Brunswick to test Golden Ray casualty
With the capsized ro-ro vessel Golden Ray still grounded near the port's shipping channel, a MOL car carrier and a bulker have been allowed to sail in a monitored transit. The aim was to evaluate how the ships’ passing affected the stricken vessel
‘This is not going to be a quick operation, the salvage operation... I don’t think it is out of the realm of the possible that this could go a month or potentially longer. It could be months, plural’ — Cmdr Norm Witt