• Costa Concordia ends final voyage
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/f3-_.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28508387[/url] [quote]The wrecked Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, has entered the port of Genoa for scrapping after a two-year salvage operation. Its removal was one of the biggest ever maritime salvage operations. The Concordia struck a reef off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012 and capsized, killing 32 people. Captain Francesco Schettino has denied charges of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship, which could see him jailed for up to 20 years. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is expected in Genoa in the afternoon to see the end of the complex docking procedure, which is expected to take several hours. Genoa is where the Costa Concordia was built and launched amid fanfare and celebration nine years ago but now she is limping home to be scrapped, says the BBC's Alan Johnston.[/quote]
Aren't there corpses still on board?
[I]Two years[/I] to salvage the ship? Is the price of the scrap worth that? They should have just left it there as a reef. I looked it up, the salvage is costing 300 million Euros. The scrap value of the ship can't be more than a third of that.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;45514064]Aren't there corpses still on board?[/QUOTE] One corpse.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;45514064]Aren't there corpses still on board?[/QUOTE]The only body still missing according to the full article is that of one of the waiters.
Jesus, this happened two years ago?
[QUOTE=download;45514099][I]Two years[/I] to salvage the ship? Is the price of the scrap worth that? They should have just left it there as a reef.[/QUOTE] People probably don't want to look out their window and see a giant decaying capsized ship on which dozens of people lost their lives [img]http://imgkk.com/i/j3t9.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=download;45514099][I]Two years[/I] to salvage the ship? Is the price of the scrap worth that? They should have just left it there as a reef. I looked it up, the salvage is costing 300 million Euros. The scrap value of the ship can't be more than a third of that.[/QUOTE]The wreck was within a sanctuary area, so presumably it was removed for ecological reasons. [editline]edit[/editline] And the above reason.
It looks really harrowing but majestic at the same time. RIP Victims and ship
Yeah, it's kinda a moral thing I guess. Leaving that there is like abandoning a graveyard. Kind of disrespectful really.
They should clean it of the dangerous stuff, drag it back into the ocean, and scuttle it somewhere where it could contribute to growth of a coral reef.
[QUOTE=smurfy;45514125]People probably don't want to look out their window and see a giant decaying capsized ship on which dozens of people lost their lives [img]http://imgkk.com/i/j3t9.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Didn't Hong Kong Harbor have a rusting out boat sitting in the middle of it for years? Edited: yes. The RMS Queen Elizabeth. [t]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-95R-emNDehc/TpBla1u866I/AAAAAAAAAmw/-ib11RLKH8o/s1600/Jun72_2_+%252830%2529.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;45514064]Aren't there corpses still on board?[/QUOTE] I would be surprised if they found anything after two years. The ocean has a way with reclaiming things back to nature.
The captain needs to have this above his head for the rest of his life so he can never forget the shame.
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;45514466]The captain needs to have this above his head for the rest of his life so he can never forget the shame.[/QUOTE] I don't think it would be possible to ever forget about something like that
[QUOTE=Revanold;45514948]I don't think it would be possible to ever forget about something like that[/QUOTE] Good. I wouldn't be this harsh on him if it was a simple accident, and if he acted appropriately as captain. But he was a fucking coward, he had to be shouted at to stay on board, but he still chose not to.
[QUOTE=Noss;45514971]Good. I wouldn't be this harsh on him if it was a simple accident, and if he acted appropriately as captain. But he was a fucking coward, he had to be shouted at to stay on board, but he still chose not to.[/QUOTE] He was also the 1st guy off the boat and then he ran away to hide :D
[QUOTE=Midas22;45514124]Jesus, this happened two years ago?[/QUOTE] Whoa WHAT?!
God, I remember this happening in my Sophomore year of High School. Now I'm a Freshman in Collage. How time flys.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;45514136]The wreck was within a sanctuary area, so presumably it was removed for ecological reasons. [editline]edit[/editline] And the above reason.[/QUOTE] The insurance company is paying for the whole operation, so I imagine they aren't going to just give up the scrap value of the ship. They're still in the hole, but not as bad as if they dragged it out to deeper water and just let it sink.
[QUOTE=download;45514099][I]Two years[/I] to salvage the ship? Is the price of the scrap worth that? They should have just left it there as a reef. I looked it up, the salvage is costing 300 million Euros. The scrap value of the ship can't be more than a third of that.[/QUOTE] They wouldn't be able to leave it there as a reef, it would be a disaster for the environment. Before a ship can be scuttled into a reef, they have to clean it out of anything that would be hazardous and deep scrub the engine rooms so there won't be any oil contamination.
[QUOTE=download;45514099][I]Two years[/I] to salvage the ship? Is the price of the scrap worth that? They should have just left it there as a reef. I looked it up, the salvage is costing 300 million Euros. The scrap value of the ship can't be more than a third of that.[/QUOTE] its a cruiseliner's worth of metals from millions of miles worth of copper pipes and wires, thousand tons of steel, tons of nickle, ya its basically a huge mine
[QUOTE=Sableye;45516679]its a cruiseliner's worth of metals from millions of miles worth of copper pipes and wires, thousand tons of steel, tons of nickle, ya its basically a huge mine[/QUOTE] millions of miles? eh idk dude really?
Some surreal pics [url]http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2014/07/post_3.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;45514118]The only body still missing according to the full article is that of one of the waiters.[/QUOTE] The son of the dead waiter apparently thinks his father is still alive and travelling, since no one wants to tell him yet :C
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