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By James Titcomb: 00:42 GMT, 19 May 2012
The operation to refloat and remove the Costa Concordia will be the biggest and costliest ever of its kind,
the cruise ship's operator said yesterday.
The project, due to get under way in the next few days, is set to cost £190m and will take up to a year
to complete, Costa Crociere said.
The operation starts more than four months after the liner struck rocks off the Italian island of Giglio and
turned on its side, leaving more than 30 people dead.
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The ship is currently lying at an angle of 80 degrees on rocks known as Seagull Point, where it ran aground,
just outside the entrance to Giglio harbour on Friday 13 January, two hours after departing on a week-long
Mediterranean cruise.
Italian-American consortium Titan-Micoperi will carry out the removal work, which a Costa Crociere spokesman
said was 'the biggest and most expensive' salvage operation ever attempted.
The company will soon start building a 40m platform underneath the ship and the tear in its hull will be sealed up.
Two cranes fixed to the platform will then be used to roll the vessel into an upright before it is towed to a dock,
possibly its home port of Genoa, to be broken up.
The plan to refloat the vessel's hull in one piece will help minimise the environmental impact, the company said,
and it is hoped the plans will also protect Giglio's economy and tourist industry.
Related Video Link Here: http://youtu.be/cbrfdXnV2CQ
The operation to refloat and remove the Costa Concordia will be the biggest and costliest ever of its kind,
the cruise ship's operator said yesterday.
The project, due to get under way in the next few days, is set to cost £190m and will take up to a year
to complete, Costa Crociere said.
The operation starts more than four months after the liner struck rocks off the Italian island of Giglio and
turned on its side, leaving more than 30 people dead.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=frm00002-7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/frm00002-7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The ship is currently lying at an angle of 80 degrees on rocks known as Seagull Point, where it ran aground,
just outside the entrance to Giglio harbour on Friday 13 January, two hours after departing on a week-long
Mediterranean cruise.
Italian-American consortium Titan-Micoperi will carry out the removal work, which a Costa Crociere spokesman
said was 'the biggest and most expensive' salvage operation ever attempted.
The company will soon start building a 40m platform underneath the ship and the tear in its hull will be sealed up.
Two cranes fixed to the platform will then be used to roll the vessel into an upright before it is towed to a dock,
possibly its home port of Genoa, to be broken up.
The plan to refloat the vessel's hull in one piece will help minimise the environmental impact, the company said,
and it is hoped the plans will also protect Giglio's economy and tourist industry.
Related Video Link Here: http://youtu.be/cbrfdXnV2CQ
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