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The salvage of the 100,000ton cruise ship "Costa Concordia" is well underway... Titan Salvage of the USA and Micoperi from Italy are doing the huge job. Its the largest single vessel salvage job in history..... Its a complicted project, and needs many huge sub-sea structuctres built, massive rigging, etc.... go here to see how its being done... http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/index.php?error=1&lang=uk and here are some selected photos of the various equipment and tools being built/used to upright and refloat the huge ship in one piece. Sponsons being fabricated in the erecting hall One of the subsea templates The sub-sea platforms that the ship will rest on when upright being fabricted... they weigh 1,100 metric tons each..... One of the sub-sea block connections for the strand jacks to pull against...and rigging the big jacks on the vessel.... Reoving the last section of the huge rocks that was embeded in the hull when she went aground.....
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Thanks for posting these Tim. This helps us see the amount of preparation needed to undertake this type of project. I hope to see more photos as this job continues.
Regards, Colin
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Thanks for the link and photos Tim.
It's going to be a very impressive sight when she is refloated.
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I wondered how the recovery was going to be done, I must admit i expected it to be blasted apart and sunk. Thanks for posting a link to a great website.
Gaz
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You get the feeling that they are trying to salvage it to gut it out and re-sail her. because cut it up into smaller pieces would have been so as to lighten the hull would have seem better.
Just my opinion
Wayne
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Heres another link.. http://gcaptain.com/costa-concordia-salvage-plan-revealed/Makes a guy wonder though,as she's now a total constructive loss ,any idea where she will be broken?,Thats a big beach ,,even for Alang
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Paul wrote:Thanks for the link and photos Tim.
It's going to be a very impressive sight when she is refloated. Ditto...always appreciated!
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Thanks for posting this Tim, due to the location there was a good chance of the ship sliding off the shore and into very deep water, making recovery a difficult option, I'm sure Discovery will have a special on it when it takes place.
Kevin.
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Thanks guys. All that info. amazing.
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