The cargo ship that mysteriously capsized off the coast of Georgia in September with thousands of cars on board is still there and now leaking an 'unknown' amount of oil

Brittany Chang

October 17, 2019 4:07 PM

Stephen B. Morton/Associated Press

The cargo ship Golden Ray capsized and caught fire last month in St. Simons Sound off the coast of Brunswick, Georgia, roughly 80 miles south of Savannah, Georgia.

A cargo ship owned by Hyundai Glovis, Hyundai motor's ocean freight logistics company, capsized and caught fire early Sunday morning.
The cargo ship was carrying about 4,000 Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors cars, according to Reuters , the state of which has not been determined.
All 24 crew members that were on board were rescued alive.
The cargo ship will likely have to be disassembled to be removed, but in the meantime, it has been leaking oil into the surrounding marshes.
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A cargo ship carrying about 4,000 cars capsized and caught fire in September in St. Simons Sound off the coast of Brunswick, Georgia, according to NPR .

The cargo ship was the 656-foot vehicle carrier Golden Ray which can carry up to 6,933 cars. It's owned by Hyundai Glovis, according to Reuters and the roughly 4,000 cars on the cargo ship are Hyundai and Kia vehicles that were slated for import.

There were 24 people on board, 23 crew members and one pilot. Of the rescued, 20 were initially safely removed from the boat according to the US Coast Guard. The remaining four were later rescued, all alive and in "relatively good condition," according to the Associated Press .

Before being extracted, the rescue team was communicating with the trapped crew members through a hole the rescuers drilled and taps, according to CBS .

"We are making rescue of crew members as our top priority. After that we will investigate any damage on cargo," a Hyundai Glovis official told Reuters.

The cause is still under investigation and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has been monitoring the coastal environmental conditions following the capsizing. However, a month since its overturning, the cargo ship still hasn't been removed and has since started leaking oil into the surrounding marshes, NPR reported .

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