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Costa Concordia’s Bell Stolen from Wreck
News broke today that apparently the ships bell has been stolen. The all brass fixture with “COSTA CONCORDIA” written on it, was taken somewhere around 2 weeks ago. Police say they don’t have any...
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UPDATE 5 More Bodies Found Inside Costa Concordia
UPDATE: This morning brought the news that there are now 5 bodies found and not the original 3. They are said to all have been found lying on the seabed, underneath the submerged superstructure....
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Costa Concordia’s bunkers, all pumped out
Costa and local Italian officials announced today that they have finally pumped all bunkers (fuel) out of the ship. The operation began on February 12th and workers have been removing the fuel oil...
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Concordia Salvage Plan Announced
Costa Cruises and Italian officials have announced the plan that was chosen for the salvage of the Concordia. Still laying partially capsized off of Giglio, the vessel recently had all her bunkers...
View ArticleCosta Concordia Removal Plan Announced
Costa Crociere, Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi, and local Italian officials announced the details of the Costa Concordia removal plan. The work will be carried out for about 12 months and...
View ArticleBlack Box Transcript Leaked in Concordia Disaster.
While the actually recordings are still under possession of Italian police, parts of the transcript have begun to leak out. Among some of the alarming details was the Captains direct knowledge of the...
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Want to Follow The Costa Concordia Removal Project
www.theparbucklingproject.com You can use this website to follow the project and learn more.
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Costa Concordia’s Fate is Finally Known
Italian authorities have finally decided on the shipyard they will bring the soon-to-be-re-floated Costa Concordia. After having laid partially capsized since January 2012, the 114,137grt will be...
View ArticleCosta Concordia Filmed Like Never Before. But is it Legal?
Team Black Sheep are a group of people that specialize in Quadrocopter photography. They recently released the below video to showcase the vessel like never before. Make sure to put it in HD and...
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5 Convicted in Costa Concordia Disaster; Capt Not Included
Friday Morning an Italian judge handed down the rulings for 4 crewmembers, and one land based manager, of the Costa Concordia. These sentencing’s are a result of a plea barging that the collective 5...
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Costa Concordia Insurance Payouts Skyrocket
Insurance payouts are reportedly about to top usd$1.1 billion as workers continue to attempt to salvage the ship. The Reinsurer Munich Re said that the ship had a hull value of usd$500 million. The...
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Costa Concordia Emerges from the Mediterranean Sea
This morning salvage workers began righting the partially capsized Costa Concordia. She is currently being hauled upright by hydraulic cables. Once upright, she’ll sit on a submerged structure before...
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Costa Concordia now Upright
For the first time since January 2012, the Costa Concordia is now upright. You can see in the above photo, from the live video stream, that the water line is now one deck below the bridge. That’s...
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View of the Costa Concordia’s Damage
After 19 hours, the the Parbuckling is done. Originally planned as a 10 hour operation, the salvage team ran into some snags and it went slower than anticipated. We can now see what 20 months under...
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Costa Concordia Removal Details Emerge
Dockwise has announced that they have been awarded the contract to remove the now upright Costa Concordia. The Dutch company will sail the Dockwise Vanguard to Giglio where the Concordia will be...
View ArticleCosta Concordia Removal Update
UPDATE: Cruise Critic is reporting that a port in Britain is among 12 ports/groups that are in the process of bidding to accept the Concordia. Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling facility...
View ArticleCosta Concordia to be Removed July 18th.
EDITORIAL NOTE: The date for the removal is July 18th. Not June as mentioned in the article below. Origionaly Published on: May 13, 2014 @ 14:34 Officials in Italy have announced June 18th as the date...
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Costa Concordia to be Scrapped in Italy
Several publications are reporting that the Costa Concordia will be scrapped in Genoa, Italy. Ironically enough, Genoa is her port of registration. As is the custom in an Italian legal case, the ship...
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