Costa Concordia What will happen to it now?
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The salvage team are looking at carrying out the parbuckling procedure (i.e. getting it upright) roughly around the 16th to 20th September apparently.
Dunno how long it will take to weld the cassons on to the other side, then refloat. Assume it could be 'afloat' and moved by xmas though, as long as the bottom of the ship that is currently lying on the rocks hasn't been wrecked in all the time it's been sitting there.
Dunno how long it will take to weld the cassons on to the other side, then refloat. Assume it could be 'afloat' and moved by xmas though, as long as the bottom of the ship that is currently lying on the rocks hasn't been wrecked in all the time it's been sitting there.
From what I've read elsewhere they won't float it off elsewhere until well into next year. They are currently rushing like crazy just to get it parbuckled (pulled upright) by the end of September. After that the weather will be too bad / unpredictable to try it.
Besides I don't think it has been finalised where it will be towed to for the breaking-up. They made a big thing of saying it will be broken up at a mainland Italian facility (jobs etc) but none of them are big enough to take it on, without building a special area for it and staffing up, all of which will take a long long time. Can't go to the usual big ship break up facilities in India etc as too big to go through the Suez canal and either unlikely to survive the tow or too expensive to take it all the way round Africa.
So this has years left to run yet.
Besides I don't think it has been finalised where it will be towed to for the breaking-up. They made a big thing of saying it will be broken up at a mainland Italian facility (jobs etc) but none of them are big enough to take it on, without building a special area for it and staffing up, all of which will take a long long time. Can't go to the usual big ship break up facilities in India etc as too big to go through the Suez canal and either unlikely to survive the tow or too expensive to take it all the way round Africa.
So this has years left to run yet.
website said:
The first date useful for the rotation of the Concordia is fixed at six o'clock in the morning of Monday, September 16th. However, weather conditions have to be favorable. The final decision about the beginning of operations will be therefore communicated by 2 pm of the previous day.
http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/article/43/No...northwest monkey said:
Fascinating project - can't wait to see it on Discovery
Who is actually paying for all this work?
The vessel's Protection and Indemnity Insurers, (known as P&I "Clubs" as they are mutual insurers).Who is actually paying for all this work?
This vessel was entered with the London based Standard Club and Steamship Mutual with a USD 1,000,000 deductible (excess). The owners Carnival will pay the first million, then these two P&I Clubs will pick up the next 8 million USD of this claim. The rest of the other 13 International Group P&I Clubs will then contribute to what is known as the "pool" up to 60 million and then their captive and third party re-insurers will pick up the rest of the wreck removal tab.
Popeyed said:
northwest monkey said:
Fascinating project - can't wait to see it on Discovery
Who is actually paying for all this work?
The vessel's Protection and Indemnity Insurers, (known as P&I "Clubs" as they are mutual insurers).Who is actually paying for all this work?
This vessel was entered with the London based Standard Club and Steamship Mutual with a USD 1,000,000 deductible (excess). The owners Carnival will pay the first million, then these two P&I Clubs will pick up the next 8 million USD of this claim. The rest of the other 13 International Group P&I Clubs will then contribute to what is known as the "pool" up to 60 million and then their captive and third party re-insurers will pick up the rest of the wreck removal tab.
I'm assuming that they have the nautical equivalent of "Fully Comp" on the thing then which covers driver error etc?
ts!Benjaminpalma said:
Wouldn't it have been easier to fill each cabin with polythene airbags, or weld up all the hull openings (albeit thousands of them I'd imagine) and pump water out and air in?
Or cut it up in situ as they did with the car-carrier MV Tricolor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tricolor)?
No, as entering the ship is dangerous due to the listing, and they don't have access to all areas of the ship.Or cut it up in situ as they did with the car-carrier MV Tricolor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tricolor)?
Cutting it up would of meant there was chance of the pieces of the ship might of sunk in deep water. Also they need to recover the two bodies that are still on board.
Benjaminpalma said:
Wouldn't it have been easier to fill each cabin with polythene airbags, or weld up all the hull openings (albeit thousands of them I'd imagine) and pump water out and air in?
Or cut it up in situ as they did with the car-carrier MV Tricolor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tricolor)?
Fairly sure the highly paid engineers would have gone with one of those if it had been viable...Or cut it up in situ as they did with the car-carrier MV Tricolor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tricolor)?
paulrussell said:
Benjaminpalma said:
Wouldn't it have been easier to fill each cabin with polythene airbags, or weld up all the hull openings (albeit thousands of them I'd imagine) and pump water out and air in?
Or cut it up in situ as they did with the car-carrier MV Tricolor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tricolor)?
No, as entering the ship is dangerous due to the listing, and they don't have access to all areas of the ship.Or cut it up in situ as they did with the car-carrier MV Tricolor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tricolor)?
Cutting it up would of meant there was chance of the pieces of the ship might of sunk in deep water. Also they need to recover the two bodies that are still on board.
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