Details were unveiled Wednesday for the salvage effort set to cut up and haul away the remaining wreckage of the cargo ship New Carissa from the Coos Bay beach where it has rested for nearly nine years.

Crews gave a tour of the site in Coos Bay Wednesday.

Titan Salvage of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hoped to be done by October, leaving behind only the portion that is buried too deeply in the sand underneath the pounding surf, said Louise Soliday, director of the Department of State Lands, which is overseeing the work.

The New Carissa ran aground near the entrance to Coos Bay and spilled 70,000 gallons of oil in 1999. (KGW file photo)

The 660-foot Panamanian-registered ship ran aground in February, 1999, after dragging anchor while waiting to enter Coos Bay for a load of wood chips. After the Coast Guard set it on fire in an attempt to consume the oil leaking from its fuel tanks, the hull broke apart in the surf. The bow came ashore near Waldport and later was towed out to sea and sunk, but the stern remained mire in the sand.

The state sued ship owners Green Atlas Shipping for negligent trespass and ultimately was paid $22.1 million for damages. The money covers the $16.4 million cost of removing the wreckage, as well as restoration work and legal fees.

The barges will be moored in Empire while a staging area is prepared on the North Spit near the wreckage. Plans call for using a bulldozer to winch first one barge into place near the wreckage, then the second, said Soliday.

The barges will be jacked up on legs sunk deep into the sand to hold them steady in the surf. Then an aerial tramway will be built to ferry workers and materials from land to the barges. The hull will be cut apart and moved by crane to the barges, then shipped to a recycler.