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Post by Kam on Feb 9, 2012 10:17:47 GMT -8
An amazing 3D tour of the Costa Concordia "Last week we showed you the fresh satellite imagery and tour of the wreck of the Costa Concordia. It was a great file that helped to show what happened, but now Peter Olsen (who just days ago unveiled the excellent Terra Nova models) has built an incredible 3D tour of the wreck, with the entire journey animated!" www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2012/01/an_amazing_3d_tour_of_the_costa_con.html
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Post by Kam on Mar 7, 2012 23:31:15 GMT -8
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Mar 8, 2012 17:48:39 GMT -8
I was reading today about the proposed plans to salvage/scrap the Costa Concordia. Several plans have been put forward including re floating the ship to tow it to a breaking yard, or, alternatively, cut the ship up in place, and complete the breaking of the 200-300 tonne pieces on land.
Either way, it is felt unlikely the ship will be repaired, even if it was feasible to do so.
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Post by dofd on Mar 8, 2012 23:46:56 GMT -8
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Post by Name Omitted on Apr 22, 2012 9:51:58 GMT -8
A good "long form" piece recreating the night, and what was happening on the ship itself from Vanity Fair. She hit a reef at 15 knots, ripping a 230 foot gash in her side, and she still swam for over an hour. tinyurl.com/85oywso
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Post by Name Omitted on Apr 22, 2012 16:44:20 GMT -8
It is truly amazing. She hit a reef at 15 knots and suffered a 230 foot long tear in her side, yet still managed to swim for another hour allowing for most of the passengers and crew to get off despite what was, by most accounts, an inept evacuation.
The human side of the story has a lot of arrogance and ineptitude, but the engineering involved was impressive.
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 22, 2012 19:07:59 GMT -8
That Vanity Fair article is long and well worth reading. I very much recommend that others read it.
Considering what we should have learned in the 100 years since the loss of the Titanic, this Costa Concordia 'incident' is truly astounding. It does look very much as if the safety culture at Costa Cruises, and just possibly with other branches of the Carnival company and the Cruise industry in general, is questionable. The ship's evacuation, such as it was, shows that this crew set sail being basically incompetent with the operation of the ship, and especially with emergency procedures.
The loss of life could have been far worse had the ship healed over well away from the shore.
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Post by dofd on May 8, 2012 21:36:35 GMT -8
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Post by Kam on Jun 28, 2012 9:29:08 GMT -8
From: www.digitaljournal.com/article/327490A Dutch film company, Prorama, has a camera in place on the shore and is filming the entire salvage operation. Company director Bo de Visser, says they will create time-lapse movies of the boat's refloating and removal. They have a website, The Last Salute, where a live feed of the activities around the ship can be viewed during daylight hours. thelastsalute.eu/
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Post by Kam on Jan 28, 2013 9:12:42 GMT -8
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Post by Scott on Jan 29, 2013 22:19:17 GMT -8
CBC's the "fifth estate" has a couple of hour-long episodes on the Costa Concordia. I watched the most recent one last week (it's available on the website - in Canada, not sure about outside Canada) where they sit down with the captain and get his side of the story. It's hard to tell whether he's being truthful, but the episode definitely brings to light some things that weren't reported much in the media. www.cbc.ca/fifth/
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Post by gordon on Jan 30, 2013 10:00:04 GMT -8
The Captain of the Costa Concordia is contesting his firing by Costa and says he expects to resume command. the is a article on the Vancouver Sun's web Site. He shuld have no chance of re-hire.
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Post by Kam on May 27, 2013 8:28:08 GMT -8
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Post by dofd on May 27, 2013 22:55:19 GMT -8
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Post by DENelson83 on Sept 16, 2013 1:16:21 GMT -8
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Post by Kam on Sept 16, 2013 8:58:17 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Sept 16, 2013 16:47:10 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 16, 2013 20:26:21 GMT -8
I think I heard on Global news it is not going according to plan but it looks like it is. I think after it gets re-floated and put into a cage it is going to be scrapped.
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Post by dofd on Oct 10, 2013 11:27:33 GMT -8
You know your a big ship when you can carry a big ship. BBC Dockwise
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Post by Kam on Jul 10, 2014 20:58:22 GMT -8
The Costa Concordia is scheduled to be re-floated on Monday, July 14th. The salvage team have confirmed that the Concordia refloating operation is set to go ahead starting on Monday, July 14. As was the case for parbuckling, commencement 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 the refloating operation will not be announced until the day before it actually begins. Info from: www.theparbucklingproject.com/article/86/Refloating_of_the_Concordia_at_Giglio_Island:_accreditation_procedure_and_logistics
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Post by Kam on Jul 21, 2014 18:41:27 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Jul 23, 2014 1:20:26 GMT -8
Just watched the cam and what's left of the COSTA CONCORDIA was on the move. Thanks, "Kam" for the link.
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Post by FNS on Jul 25, 2014 3:40:31 GMT -8
This is a capture of the departing COSTA CONCORDIA from a link mentioned in a previous note on this thread. After the ship left the scene, the operator of this cam site gave us a wider angle view of the area before turning the cam off. This cam site provided recorded videos of preparations and the departure with whistle blasts from the maritime community (rather difficult to imagine doing so under such circumstances arising on what the ship did to her souls on board after the grounding). There's a lot to learn after what happened at this site. It's back to normal life for this community.
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Post by FNS on Jul 25, 2014 22:29:43 GMT -8
Google Earth shows a frightening view of the COSTA CONCORDIA, on her side at the Isola del Giglio (north is to your right): According to the Houston Chronicle, she is bound for Genoa Voltri. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Houston-salvagers-towing-Costa-Concordia-to-its-5645381.phpThe ship is on the trackers as we see: She is surrounded by vessels of different nations. And, lastly, her time stamp of location as of the time of this posting. This is it for my contributions to this subject, unless I find something worth adding in the future.
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Post by FNS on Jul 27, 2014 0:39:22 GMT -8
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