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Titan Salvage of Pompano Beach and its Italian partner Micoperi were awarded the Costa Concordia salvage operations back in April. Plans called for the salvage teams to upright and remove the 114,500-ton ship which ran aground January 13, 2012, off the coast of Giglio, Italy, taking the lives of 30 people, two of which remain missing to this day, more than five months later.
Main article: Costa Concordia Listing after Deadly Accident
As salvage begins, let's take another look at what happened that fateful night in January:
Graphic: The final moments of the Costa Concordia
Update: July 9, 2013 - Project 68% Completed
The engineers of the Titan-Micoperi consortium confirm that the "parbuckling” of the Concordia can be completed by the end of summer 2013, at the beginning of September.
Update: Sept. 6, 2013 - Parbuckling of Costa Concordia Approved
UPDATE 16 Sep 2013:Parbuckling of Costa Concordia BeginsWatch LiveCosta Concordia Parbuckling project has begun. Watch Live: http://mashable.com/2013/09/16/costa-concordia-salvage-video/
Graphic on How Costa Concordia will be Raised Civil Protection Gallery 16 Sep Parbuckling Project Multimedia Parbuckling phase - update on the beginning of operations |
Update: 60 Minutes takes you inside the salvage operations
Update: Salvage to continue through Spring 2013
Costa Concordia Wreck Removal Engineering Plan Presented to the Osservatorio (14 Aug 2012)
Raising the Costa Concordia: Italian sunseekers look on as salvage team start
The following schedule, provided by the salvage companies to the SunSentinel in Florida, calls for the work to be completed approximately one year from the award of the contract.
Schedule of Salvage Operations
- Site inspections of the Concordia through July 31
- securing and stabilizing of the ship by Aug. 31
- installation of caissons (watertight chambers) on left side of ship and construction of submarine platforms done by Nov. 15
- rotation of the wreck to start with installation of boxes on the ship's right side on Dec. 1
- ship to be up-righted by Jan. 15 and
- delivered to an Italian port by Jan. 31
- cleaning and replanting of marine flora to be completed at site by April 30
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