Four missing after ship capsizes, burns near Georgia coast

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Appears to be resting on a sandbar. Here's some relatively local coverage (JAX).

Several good videos of this event found here:

Rescue efforts continue on overturned cargo ship in St. Simons Sound, four crew members unaccounted for
The Golden Ray, which is a vehicle carrier vessel containing 24 crew members, overturned Sunday morning after leaving the Port of Brunswick.

Link: https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/georgia/us-coast-guard-assisting-overturned-cargo-ship-in-st-simons-island/77-5425ee9a-097a-4d07-bbf3-27a2ee3f4455

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Rod Sullivan, a maritime law expert in Jacksonville, says the ship was under the control of a harbor pilot – the local mariners who bring big cargo vessels in and out of ports.

Because of that, he says “the odds that this was a navigational error is virtually zero. Probably what it was was a mechanical failure, like a steering failure.”

For instance, Sullivan says, if the rudder failed and turned hard, the ship could have run aground, causing it to list and the cargo to shift.

We hope they can rescue the remaining crew members. Appears to be a very dangerous mission.

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