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http://www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201206181703-cro-ren1084-removal_operations_begin_for_costa_concordia_cruise_liner
Now through July 31: On-going site inspections of the ship and its position.
Aug.1-31: Securing of the Costa Concordia wreck to ensure on-going safety and stability.
Sept. 1-Nov. 15: Installation of caissons on left side of vessel and construction of submarine platforms.
Dec. 1: Sensitive stage of salvage begins with rotation of wreck with the installation of boxes on its right side.
Jan. 15: Ship to be up-righted above waterline.
Jan. 31: Ship delivered to an Italian port for processing according to regulations.
April 30: Cleaning and replanting of marine flora expected to be completed
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[ 06-21-2012: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]
The damage to her starboard side superstructure, engineering spaces, and the fact that nearly 50% of her cabins and public spaces are underwater and would need to be gutted (if not most of the entire ship) would have to be cost prohibitive.
She was torn of the quay at Dalain, China, and her hull damaged during a typhoon.
Some pictures are on the Australian ' ss maritime ' website..
rising above the water
silhouetted against the ships funnel
swinging around to lower onto barge pontoon
lowered onto barge
As part of the salvage plan to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia, to be carried out by the Italo-American Titan-Micoperi consortium appointed by Costa Crociere, Fincantieri has been awarded a contract worth tens of millions of euros for the building of the watertight boxes, known as caissons, to be used in the operation to refloat the ship.
A total of 30 steel caissons, with combined weight of approximately 11,500 tons, will be built in different Fincantieri shipyards.
The Costa Concordia salvage plan entails the use of these caissons in order to right and refloat the wreck so that it can be removed in one piece.
Once the ship has been stabilized, caissons will be fixed to the upper side of the hull and gradually filled with water as part of the operation to right the ship; righting will be performed using a system of “strand jacks” – a hydraulic mechanism for pulling cables – fixed to an undersea platform. When the ship is upright, caissons full of water will also be fixed to the other side of the hull. Then the caissons on both sides will be emptied to refloat the wreck; once floated, the wreck will be towed to an Italian port.
Meanwhile, on Giglio Island preliminary work to prepare the wreck for salvage is proceeding on schedule; this includes steel structural jobs needed to cut and remove some external parts of the ship (OVI SAT antenna, forward masthead light, water slide) and facilitate the next stage of the plan. The seabed is also being inspected regularly ahead of the site clean-up operation devised to conserve the marine environment, which will be the main focus once the wreck has been removed. The preliminary stage is expected to finish by the end of July; it will be followed by the ship stabilization phase.
Source: Cruise Industry News
quote:Originally posted by DAMBROSI2:How will the funnel be removed??
The decorative funnel exterior is thin steel w/the exhaust pipes located inside. Most likely the exterior portion will be cut off exposing the pipes and those will be removed seperately.
What are they removing from the ship on the far side?
Aside from the removal of part of the Magrodome, they haven't begun to remove the stack.
I would also suggest it is not a Magradome because that was a branded name created by MacGregor and Home Lines. MacGregor I believe is long out of the dome business and only actually built a few of the domes that existed over the years.
As for the rock I would guess the investigators want a look at it once it is removed from the hull. It has also been reported that the investigators will do a further inspection of the ship once she is righted. The Italian authorities are far from finished embarrassing Carnival Corp.
I scrolled through the 80 photos. If memory serves there are still missing on that ship, I think the authorities will surely be scrupulous about every detail as the work moves forward.
That is quite a big rock on the far side, it will make quite a monument.
True, they aren't finished with Carnival yet !!!
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