Italy: Hulk of Costa Concordia Is on the Move to a Scrapyard
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Version 0 of 1. The rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise ship began its journey to the scrapyard on Wednesday, after a salvage operation off the island of Giglio, where it capsized two years ago, killing 32 people. Boats sounded horns, and church bells rang as a tugboat slowly pulled away the wreck of the vast liner, accompanied by a convoy of 14 vessels. In one of the largest maritime salvage operations in history, crews have slowly lifted the Concordia from underwater platforms by pumping air into 30 large metal boxes attached to the hull. The towed wreck of the ship, right, is due to arrive at a port near Genoa in northern Italy this weekend, before being broken up for scrap. The whole salvage operation is expected to cost the ship’s owners — Costa Crociere, a unit of Carnival Corporation — more than $2 billion. |