Ken711

Please find the following link from the press conference.

A couple of points of interest, It appears Costa still own the wreck, which I cant understand after the money paid out by the insurers.

There are 12 potential sites for the wreck to be towed to. Not sure its in this particular but it was announced that survivors are to be contacted soon about their belonging which have been recovered.

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1193102/costa-concordia-may-be-towed-to-middlesbrough

 

Thanks for the link Clive. So it looks like the schedule for lifting off the underwater platforms is the end of June. I didn't see anything as to how it will be towed though, whether they are still thinking about using a heavy lift ship to move it to the scrapping port.

From the weekly progress report, they are working on removing both rudders which should be completed by January 12th.

[url]http://www.giglionews.it/2014010560295/news/isola-del-giglio/rimozione-rel-settimanale-28-dicembre-3-gennaio.html[/url]

[IMG]http://www.giglionews.it/images/stories/allegati/concordia_dal_traghetto121113.jpg[/IMG]

Giglio News report:

[QUOTE]The point of the Observatory - "We are still in a phase of anticipation that speaks of Spring as a possible period for commencement of work of removing the vessel from Giglio and in a phase of design verification while work continues construction of caissons that occurs on sites outside from Giglio. remains a high attention to environmental issues and to verify the possible risks related to the phase of rigalleggiamento. " The said Mary Sargentini, president of the Observatory of removal on the Costa Concordia meeting this afternoon, the population of Isola del Giglio. "How observatory we asked Costa Crociere to have an overview of the activities until after parbuckling rigalleggiamento also including activity design, as well as monitoring activities and construction and installation of caissons. We asked to have the picture of the phases of work for verification and to always have updated the progress of the work. " "What after parbuckling not was a dead time because many activities are carried out even if not directly in the yard in other places like Genoa and Livorno, where the boxes are being prepared for the starboard side of the ship. " "The ship - said the president of the Observatory for Monday, December 16 convened a working meeting in Florence - is stable. As to the timing prudently expect to have the results of the audits in progress and a more accurate picture of the different activities" Ship via a trailer? - "We are studying the possible options for the transport of the wreck. ship could go away in the trailer and get to a meeting to be arranged with the Vanguard or always in tow, go directly to a nearby port able to accept it." He said Franco Porcellacchia, project manager of removal of Concordia, Costa Cruises on behalf of always meeting today with the citizens of Isola del Giglio. Safes Recovered 405 - "On board the Concordia - added Porcellacchia - we have recovered the safes in cabins located on the side emerged. 405 We have taken, in agreement with the competent authorities. Now will be opened, inventoried and their contents returned to its rightful owners. "
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Regardless of whether "his orders" were or were not followed, the fact that he left the ship when hundreds of passengers were still on the ship is gross negligence and indefensible.

Looks like one of those cranes they use when constructing high rise buildings is installed on the CC.

Butterfly Valves:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/concordia-salvage-valves359870.aspx

 

"As soon as the 50-meter crack in the ship’s side has been sealed, the sponsons will be filled with air to get the vessel up and floating again."

 

Interesting last sentence in that article.

Not wanting to burst anyones bubble but i was re reading the Seatrade Insider report again and it gives the impression that the Vanguard may only be an option! though it does seem to be a good one.

 

"Lifting the wreck, instead of towing it, provides one of the possible options for removal, Costa said."

 

The Giglio News also picked up on last week's announcement of the Dockwise Vanguard and the awarding of a $30 million contract.

 

http://www.giglionews.it/2013101360115/news/isola-del-giglio/rimozione-tramite-vanguard-il-video-boskalis.html

On the last page of the latest weekly report is a detailed breakdown of all the Winterzation activities taking place through November 22.

 

http://www.giglionews.it/images/stories/allegati/rel_sett_osservatorio131013.pdf

Here is the semi-official animation explanation of how the hulk will be loaded. Yes, the sponsons will have to be properly in place.

 

http://gcaptain.com/video-animation-shows-costa-concordia-float-on-dockwise-vanguard/

 

I found this website courtesy of my father's cousin.

 

I have been away for some time account a series of personal issues. I will be back from time to tim.

 

Interesting video thanks for the link. So I assume the sponsons on the CC were designed for a specific width if the plan was always to use the Dockwise Vanguard in order to accommodate the width of that ship.

 

Also, will it rest on a special cradle or blocks once on the Dockwise Vanguard to keep it from tipping over once the ballast is pumped out?

Another link from Seatrade Insider

 

http://www.seatrade-insider.com/news/news-headlines/giant-heavy-lift-ship-is-secured-as-an-option-to-remove-concordia-wreck.html

 

http://www.seatrade-insider.com/news/news-headlines/work-to-stabilize-costa-concordia-for-the-winter-is-under-way.html

 

Rochester ... Thanks for the reply.

 

Thanks for the articles. The stabilization on the CC is what I wondered about as well, especially since the ship sits broadside to the winter waves while resting on the platform.

It is being reported that the Dockwise Vanguard has been contracted to transport the CC once she is refloated: [uDockwise VanguardRL]http://www.marinelink.com/news/piggybacked-concordia359673.aspx[/url]

 

That should be very interesting to watch.

 

Nice find BE. The article said they will make some modifications to the Dockwise Vanguard to accommodate the Costa Concordia, I wonder what those are.

However the starboard side caissons are attached to the Concordia' date=' they are going to have to be hard welded or hard connected.

 

When she is being towed the caissons cannot be *flapping around*:eek:, even a little bit, on a chain or wire.

 

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I'm still trying to envision how the starboard side sponsons will be attached.

Latest weekly report.

 

http://www.giglionews.it/images/stories/allegati/rel_sett_osservatorio290913.pdf

 

Photos of the starboard side sponsons S4, S5, S6, S10, S11, S12 in Livorno in the report. They look to have a different attaching mechanism than the port side sponsons.

Another photo from water level.

 

found some satellite photos before & after parbuckling that I don't think was posted yet - seems to me there's noticible deformation where the bow was dangling over the mountain. She seems slightly bent to starboard.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/costa-concordia-before-and-after-photos_n_3989756.html

 

I think it's an illusion caused by the crushed side resting on the rock.

Unbelievable, the Captain trying to blame a crewmember.

[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/concordia-captain-blames-helmsman-francesco-schettino_n_3974845.html[/url]

[quote name='clive and anne']Could this list be caused by the several thousand tons of Caissons and water and when the starboard side has its caissons and port side caissons are emptied will she sit level in water?[/QUOTE]

Thanks Clive. Are the anchor blocks and chains/cables still holding the CC in place or is it the weight of the ship enough to prevent any further list?

Maybe it's just the angle, but when looking at the Giglio parbuckling webcam, has the Costa Concordia settled a little more to port?

[quote name='luisrp']I saw the show last night and for being just one hour, put together and edited in less than a week I think it was quite good. One hour (actually some 45 minutes) where a part was spent telling the background story of the accident, and half of the other part was dedicated to explaining the work needed prior to parbuckling did not leave much time for the actual parbuckling part and to cover what is going to happen next. This is material for a two hour special. For people like us who have been watching this day by day there is nothing new. But for the average person that had forgotten about this oor were amazed that this ship was still there (that's the kind of comment I constantly saw locally when the news was covered by local media) the program has lots of new info.

Did anyone notice a case of mistaken identity?[/QUOTE]

It was interesting to see the underwater video they showed with the anchor blocks. Next I would really like to see underwater video at some point of the ship resting on the platforms.

Will there be any risk of movement on the platforms from winter storm waves crashing against the now upright port side of the CC, even the ship sits partially submerged?

I would love to see some underwater photos of the ship resting on the platforms.

Time lapse of the parbuckling:

 

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Raising_the_Costa_Concordia

 

 

I hear applause on the Reuters feed! I believe we have success! But why are we past 90? Did they account for that?

 

They can probably adjust it if needed by adding buoyancy to the starboard sponsons.

I think were in between 89 and 90 degrees at this point, if not totally at 90.

 

It looks actually past 90 degrees to me. :)