[BITList] Raising The Costa Concordia

Sun Jan 27 04:44:32 GMT 2013

*Aside from the obvious mistakes that caused this mishap, this recovery 
would be a very interesting project to see happen close up. I just hope 
that the recovery team is a lot better led than the "Captains" team that 
put it there.*

*Here's The Ingenious $400 Million Plan*
*To Deal With The Wrecked Costa Concordia*
costa concordia salvage operation 60 minutes
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

In January, the cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a rock off the shore 
of Isola del Giglio <http://store.giglio.com/>,
in the Mediterranean.
30 people on board the largest passenger wreck of all time lost their lives;
two are still missing.
Nearly a year later, the wreck is still sitting off the Italian coast, 
mostly submerged.
Because the Costa Concordia is in a nationally protected marine park and 
coral reef,
it must be removed from the area before it can be dismantled, posing 
countless difficulties.
In a report on the efforts to remove the wreck 
<http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>, 60 Minutes' Leslie 
Stahl visited the site
and recounted the remarkable salvage operation, which has a $400 million 
price tag.
Not only is it the riskiest, most complicated, and most expensive 
salvage plan
ever undertaken, but no one is sure if it will work.

    *The ship weighs 60,000 tons and is filled with seawater.*

The ship weighs 60,000 tons and is filled with seawater.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *It is sitting on two underwater mountain peaks.*

    *65 percent of it is below the surface.*

It is sitting on two underwater mountain peaks. 65 percent of it is 
below the surface.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The wreck is an official crime scene.*

The wreck is an official crime scene.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The operation, which will cost about $400 million,*

    *is being paid for by insurance companies.*

The operation, which will cost about $400 million, is being paid for by 
insurance companies.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The plan is to rotate the ship upright, and onto an underwater
    platform.*

The plan is to rotate the ship upright, and onto an underwater platform.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *Then it will float up, leaving more of its structure above the
    surface.*

Then it will float up, leaving more of its structure above the surface.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *And it can be towed away.*

And it can be towed away.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *Before getting on the inclined ship,*

    *workers must take a 4-day mountain climbing course.*

Before getting on the inclined ship, workers must take a 4-day mountain 
climbing course.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The underwater platform is being built in northern Italy.*

    *The steel must be transported through the Adriatic Sea,*

    *around the boot of Italy, and up to the wreck.*

The underwater platform is being built in northern Italy. The steel must 
be transported through the Adriatic Sea, around the boot of Italy, and 
up to the wreck.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The steel that makes it up weighs three times as much as the Eiffel
    Tower.*

    *It will be embedded in the seafloor.*

The steel that makes it up weighs three times as much as the Eiffel 
Tower. It will be embedded in the seafloor.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The drill bit will be enclosed in a large tube,*

    *to keep debris from contaminating the protected area.*

The drill bit will be enclosed in a large tube, to keep debris from 
contaminating the protected area.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *For now, the ship is held in *placeby steel cables,

    *but strong storms could dislodge it.*

    *Then *it would sink to the seafloor,

    *making the salvage operation near impossible.*

For now, the ship is held in place by steel cables, but strong storms 
could dislodge it. Then it would sink to the seafloor, making the 
salvage operation near impossible.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *111 salvage divers are currently working on the salvage *operation

    *around the clock, in 45-minute shifts.*

    *They attached the cables holding the ship where it is.*

111 salvage divers are currently working on the salvage operation around 
the clock, in 45-minute shifts. They attached the cables holding the 
ship where it is.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *They all live in floating barracks, next to the wreck site.*

They all live in floating barracks, next to the wreck site.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *How exactly will workers rotate Costa Concordia onto the platform?*

    *The plan essentially involves "weld[ing] a new ship onto the
    shipwreck,"*

    *Stahl reports.*

How exactly will workers rotate Costa Concordia onto the platform? The 
plan essentially involves
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *That new "ship" will consist of huge, hollow steel boxes.*

That new
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *Called sponsons, the biggest are 11 stories tall.*

Called sponsons, the biggest are 11 stories tall.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *9 will be welded onto the exposed side of the ship,*

    *with just 2 inches between them.*

9 will be welded onto the exposed side of the ship, with just 2 inches 
between them.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *Then steel cables will connect the sponsons to the steel platform.*

Then steel cables will connect the sponsons to the steel platform.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *Hydraulic pulleys will pull the 'Costa Concordia' upright.*

Hydraulic pulleys will pull the 'Costa Concordia' upright.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *More sponsons will be welded onto the other side of the ship.*

More sponsons will be welded onto the other side of the ship.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *Once the ship is upright, the extra buoyancy should make it float.*

Once the ship is upright, the extra buoyancy should make it float.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The ship will be floated next summer.*

    *Once the process begins, there is no way to stop it,*

    *even if something goes wrong.*

The ship will be floated next summer. Once the process begins, there is 
no way to stop it, even if something goes wrong.
CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n>

    *The backup plan is to break it up where it lies,*

    *at a huge cost to the local environment.*

The backup plan is to break it up where it lies, at a huge cost to the 
local environment.
CBS News 
<http://www.businessinsider.com/It%20is%20so%20large%2c%20that%20process%20will%20take%202%20years.>

    *If all goes well, the 'Costa Concordia' will be cut up for scrap,
    far from Giglio.*

    *It is so large, the process will take 2 years.*

If all goes well, the 'Costa Concordia' will be cut up for scrap, far 
from Giglio. It is so large, the process will take 2 years.

Read more: 
http://www.businessinsider.com/plan-to-salvage-costa-concordia-wreck-2012-12?op=1#ixzz2HqHC3sdw

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