The salvage team has confirmed that the Concordia refloating operation is set to go ahead starting on Monday, July 14. As was the case for parbuckling, start of the operation is subject to authorization from the Observatory and also depends on the weather forecast over the next few days. Therefore, final confirmation of the start of […]
Installation of the last sponson, P1, on the port side of the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia has been completed as planned. All sponsons are now in position. Now, ahead of authorization from the Monitoring Observatory, technicians can start to test all the systems for the final refloating of the Concordia. “Following installation of the […]
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The sponson has been lifted off through the Conquest crane and is now being submerged. In the next hours it will be connected to the wreck. Following this installation, technicians will progress with the last of the 30 sponsons, P1. In the refloating phase, sponsons will be gradually emptied of ballast water through compressed air […]
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At the end of the Conferenza dei Servizi meeting held in Rome, Costa Crociere reaffirms the motivations for the choice of the transportation of the Concordia wreck in Genoa for its dismantling and recycling: Genoa is the only Italian port in which demolition and recycling activities can start immediately and count on the best possible […]
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All 15 sponsons have been successfully installed on the damaged starboard side of the Costa Concordia. Operations had begun at the end of April, with an average of 350 technicians working 24/7. Now the Conquest MB1 and is rotating crane will be positioned on the port side of the wreck to begin operations for the […]
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According to the Parbuckling project site, 14 out of 15 sponsons have been installed on Costa Concordia’s starboard side. The installation of the final 15th side sponson S1 is expected to be concluded today. The total number of sponsons to be installed on the starboard side and on the port side of Costa Concordia is […]
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The Costa Concordia sponson installation marked its 12 sponsons installed, and the Government has set the June 26th as the deadline for the evaluation of the transportation and dismantling project. The Italian Council of Ministers, upon proposal from the Commissioner for the Concordia Emergency, has identified June 26th (instead of June 16th as previously decided) as the […]
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The installation of sponson S7 at the Costa Concordia wreck site has been completed. According to The Parbuckling Project, the Barge Micourier2 with sponsons S6 and S5 on board arrived at the site and the installation of S6 started yesterday. As previously reported the installation of the starboard side sponsons S8, S9, S10, S11 and […]
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The Costa Concordia sponson installation is back on track after the recent difficulties caused by S13 sponson disequilibrium. The S13 sponson collapsed after it lost balance due to the movement of internal water within the sponson. According to The Parbuckling Project, the S13 sponson reached Genoa, and is currently being repaired. The installation of the […]
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Pontoon Mak has reached Genoa with S13 where the sponson will be repaired, according to The Parbuckling Project. The S13 sponson suffered disequilibrium earlier this month and has been brought back in a horizontal position at the Costa Concordia wreck site. The sponson collapsed after it lost balance due to the movement of internal water […]
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