Costa Concordia

[bmot]

Today, they're starting to get the Costa Concordia, on the rocks of the Italian island Giglio, back up, and out of the area. Reuters has live footage:


http://live.reuters.com/Event/Raising_the_Costa_Concordia?ss=1


I find this quite interesting. Of course as a real Dutchie, I'm a bit disappointed by the fact that they didn't let a Dutch company do it...


Here's an animation which shows what they're trying to do:


http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/naufragio-giglio-costa-concordia/cosi-verra-messa-in-sicurezza-la-concordia-animazione/139801/138336?ref=HREC1-1

[comis]

Today, they're starting to get the Costa Concordia, on the rocks of the Italian island Giglio, back up, and out of the area. Reuters has live footage:


http://live.reuters.com/Event/Raising_the_Costa_Concordia?ss=1


I find this quite interesting. Of course as a real Dutchie, I'm a bit disappointed by the fact that they didn't let a Dutch company do it...


Here's an animation which shows what they're trying to do:


http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/naufragio-giglio-costa-concordia/cosi-verra-messa-in-sicurezza-la-concordia-animazione/139801/138336?ref=HREC1-1

Yes, I remember seeing this in the news and wondering whether any of our member will be discussing this.  I also remember the captain was being trialed, and what's the verdict of that?  IIRC, he left the boat early before making sure everyone's ok.

[bmot]

Here's an image explaining it a bit, too


I find this kind of thing really interesting, nice way to show how to apply the laws of physics

[bmot]

And, as :

[comis]

I saw more on the news, supposedly this method was used long time ago for lugging canon uphill, and similar kind of method was used to right a ship sank after the Pearl Harbor attacks.  Of course, the Costa Concordia will be the largest and it is indeed an operation that cannot fail.  The lines were pulling only 3 meters per hour and many cameras were installed to observe the progress.

[bmot]

Salvage crew work on part of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia after the start of the "parbuckling" operation, outside Giglio harbour September 16, 2013. Engineering teams began lifting the wrecked Costa Concordia liner upright on Monday, the start of one of the most complex and costly maritime salvage operations ever attempted.
REUTERS/ Tony Gentile

[bmot]

I really like this pic

[CanadianLMfan]

And, as :


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Nice pic!

[CanadianLMfan]

I really like this pic


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Me too!

[bmot]

And it's back up again!





I missed, had to go to bed... But well 

Reuters' James Mackenzie reports from Giglio: Salvage crews completed raising the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner on Tuesday, officials said after a 19-hour long operation on the Italian island of Giglio ended in the early hours of the morning.

One of the most complex and expensive maritime salvage operations ever attempted saw the 114,500-ton ship pulled upright by a series of huge jacks and cables and set on an artificial platform drilled into the rocky sea bed. "The ship has been settled on to its platforms," Franco Gabrielli, the head of Italy's Civil Protection Authority said.

READER QUESTION: When do they anticipate removing the actual ship from the area once it is uprighted?


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kira.bindrimHi Deb, good question. So after the ship is upright (theoretically tomorrow), salvage teams will spend months stabilizing it and preparing it to be re-floated with the help of an additional buoyancy tank. Once that's done, it'll be towed away and broken up for scrap, likely next spring.
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[Whoey]

I'm still amazed it took this long to do this... I understand it's a lot of planning and resources, but surely the longer they waited, the worse it would be?

Understandably no one would want to sail on a ship that has sunk, so even if it was refitted and renamed it'd still have a dark cloud hanging over it.

[bmot]

Well, if you look at the damage on the 'down' side of the ship, it probably was never feasible to restore the ship.


Also, I believe the area was some sort of a nature park or something, so they have to be careful not to damage the area any more than necessary. I think, if this happened somewhere else, they could've just lifted it, or something.

[bmot]

Here's a timelapse video of the entire "parbuckle" operation, as they call it You can see nicely where they started to fill up the caissons with water to make turning go faster.
http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=273783938&edition=BETAUS

[comis]

Here's a timelapse video of the entire "parbuckle" operation, as they call it You can see nicely where they started to fill up the caissons with water to make turning go faster.
http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=273783938&edition=BETAUS

Great video, I don't get broadcast here in Asia for the process, thanks for the link!