Costa Concordia Refloated: Initial Stages of Refloating Phase Prove Successful
By Eleanor Biles GIGLIO, Italy, July 14 (Reuters) – The wreck of the luxury liner Costa Concordia was re-floated on Monday and will soon be towed away
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By Eleanor Biles GIGLIO, Italy, July 14 (Reuters) – The wreck of the luxury liner Costa Concordia was re-floated on Monday and will soon be towed away
The time has come... the refloating of the Costa Concordia has been confirmed to kick off on Monday, July 14, 2014, exactly 914 days after the cruise liner
With the green light from the Italian government, the destination port set and the last of the hardware now installed, the countdown to the Costa Concordia’s
Work to refloat and remove the Costa Concordia from the island of Giglio within the next 3 weeks is continuing with or without final approval from the Italian
The final decision that will ultimately determine the fate of the Costa Concordia hulk has been delayed as officials look to examine the refloating and removal
Dutch companies have started a weeks-long operation to raise the Baltic Ace car carrier, which collided with a cargo ship in 2012, killing 11 crew and sending
Update: The plan calls for the Costa Concordia to be towed to Genoa where the ship will be dismantled, according to reports. The tow is expected to commence
Work to remove a grounded cargo ship from a reef in the waters in the Galápagos Islands commenced Monday almost 2 weeks after the vessel ran aground, sparking
Salvage crews have moved forward with the installation of 2 additional sponsons to the formerly submerged side of the Costa Concordia shipwreck, but may have
Salvage crews have installed the first piece of new hardware on the Costa Concordia since the end of the winter season in Giglio, another giant watertight
By Oleg Vukmanovic MILAN (Reuters) – Salvage work to remove a capsized rig lying in shallow waters offshore from Angola’s new liquefied natural
Officials in Italy have met with the public to discuss ongoing plans for the removal of the Costa Concordia wreckage, including providing an updated timeline
The German owner of the MV Danio has been ordered to pay $120,000 over the ship's grounding last year off the U.K.'s Northumberland coast, a relatively small
On February 5, the 100-meter MV LUNO bulk carrier broke up in dramatic fashion after it became pinned against a breakwater off the southwestern coast of France
It's been more than two years since the MV Rena's superstructure has seen the light of day since slipping below surface at New Zealand's Astrolabe Reef in
The U.S. Navy says crews have removed heavy oil, diesel fuel, and batteries from the grounded Japanese commercial fishing vessel Daiki Maru 7 in Guam's outer
The U.S. Navy is partnering with federal and local agencies in Guam in response to potential environmental impacts following the grounding of Japanese fishing
Here's some video of the Costa Concordia wreck site as it appeared in early January 2014, approximately two years after the Costa Concordia ran aground at
Salvage crews in South Africa have kicked off the third phase of salvage operations to remove what's left of the MV Smart shipwreck in Richards
Thirty massive tanks filled with air will lift the hulk of the Costa Concordia off the seabed in June so it can be towed away from the Italian island of Giglio
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