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UPDATE MONDAY: Another photo today of her Arrival in Genoa’s inner port. UPDATE SUNDAY 12:30pm: The Costa Concordia has reached outter port limits on Genoa. UPDATE 8:48am: The Concordia has officially left her resting place off Giglio. Shes…
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 that they will officially refloat the partially sunken…
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 (TERRC) at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool, on the…
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 loaded onto the heavy lift vessel. Dockwise is…
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 took. Thus leaving Capt. Schettino as…
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 towed to the Tuscan port of Piombino. The choice could delay the refloating…
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 severity of the situation. Captain Schettino can…
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 will refloat the partially capsized vessel. Titan Salvage, the American salvage…
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. Italian officials have just found three…
It only took until the second paragraph of Carnival’s latest SEC filing for the word Concordia to be brought up. For the first Quarter Carnival is reporting an expense of $29 million including a $10 million insurance deductible. They also…
Divers inside the partially capsized hull of the Concordia, have apparently found more bodies today. The civil protection agency, who are involved in the operation, stated under anonymity that one of those bodies includes a 5 year old girl. They…
Discovery Channel will air their one hour special tonight about the Concordia Disaster. Just like National Geographic’s, I’ll be live blogging the show. Stay tuned…..
CIN has an update on the bunker (fuel) salvage operation: The Concordia Emergency Commissioner’s Office and Costa Crociere have announced that the pumping of fuel from the Costa Concordia has been continuing around the clock since 5 pm on Feb.…
Jim Walker posed the following on his CruiseLaw Blog. I have a feeling they are going to get annihilated in court. Simply clueless. I have three semesters of maritime/admiralty law under my belt and even I can tell these are…
Discovery Channel announced that this Sunday Feb. 19th. Cruise Ship Disaster: Inside the Concordia is set to premier. Here’s what they say about it: Sunday, February 19th Discovery will take you to where few have gone and where nobody wants…
Speechless really. Well I guess it saves the reputations of some of the officers, but it really paints the captain in even worse light (if that’s even possible.)
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Well as the title says it, National Geographic here in the States, will be premiering the special. I’m not anticipating anything new, but the plethora of interviews sure to be features, might provide a different insight. Stay tuned here as…
Weather has begun to have its impact on the Concordia. Look at the 0:50 mark for the glass dome over the main pool to fall off. It was not the divers as I originally suspected. Here’s what is left of the aft…
Look at the center pool area. It looks like they wedged the retractable dome open in that area. Just something I noticed.
Good morning everyone. Here’s the latest: Unfavorable weather will not relent. Therefore, officials will call off the search for the remaining bodies. Currently there are 15 pax and crew still missing. Costa parent company Carnival Corp., disclosed the financial impact…
As I mentioned yesterday, I have been trying to find pictures of the Concordia post and during the evacuation. It seems that photos exist of her prior to the evacuation, just when she started to develop the list. And plenty…
Divers have recovered a 17th body from inside the wreck on deck 6. Weather continues to hamper recovery and prelim work on the ships fuel tanks. Smit is scheduled to start pumping out the heavy bunker fuel midweek. AP…
Another body was found, said to be an elderly woman with a life vest, bringing the death toll up to 16 16 are still reported missing Preparation began today for the removal of the ships bunkers(fuel) via siphoning. Divers have…
2 more bodies were just found. The death toll rises to 15. 18 are still missing By now I’m sure you’re aware that the accident was caused by the Captain navigation too close to the Island. Last night into this…