Michael Himes

On Saturday while we were lifting the Golden Ray wreck, we had a discharge of oil inside the protection barrier. As the tide shifted some of that oil went underneath the barrier.

We’re very concerned, when we see impacts like this. It’s fair to say this is what we would call a worst-case scenario. These are the kind of the scenarios that we plan for well in advanced before we start removing the ship and even when you have all the infrastructure and personnel in place you can still learn things about the environment.

We have about 70 people that are dedicated to just shoreline clean up that is in addition to the almost 30 vessels and their crews that are inside and outside the protection barrier collecting oil.

It’s just a reminder why we are here that’s to eliminate the threat that the wreck possess on the environment while being as safe as possible and maintaining critical port functions in the process.