Evan1127 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 If anyone is interested in more information on how this was done, this brief article was featured in Civil Engineering magazine in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinTheAttendant Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I just finished writing a paper on the parbuckling operation; getting information on the progress in real time has really been cool. Yahoo News has reported this morning that there is now an operation underway to find the two bodies that were never recovered (link). I can't say whether or not I'm looking forward to that news or not. On another note, I think I will miss being able to see the Costa Concordia listing from Google Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Looks no worse then other Carnival ships. You will probably be able to book a cruise on it as it is towed to be dismantled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cool Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Yeah I would say that it looks pretty bad. Some amazing pictures though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stratosphere Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I found a pretty awesome time lapse on the link below. Amazing to see! Time Lapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmeister Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I'm hoping that once they refloat the rest of ship, that maybe we'll get to see some pictures of the interior, particularly the atrium, theatre and casino. It'd be fascinating to see what they look like after being under water for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I'm hoping that once they refloat the rest of ship, that maybe we'll get to see some pictures of the interior, particularly the atrium, theatre and casino. It'd be fascinating to see what they look like after being under water for so long. Ditto, I'm sure we will get to see that at some point. They probably need to be sure the ship is secure before letting anyone inside. Pretty good pictures of the outside so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Maybe they'll find something like this in the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I found a pretty awesome time lapse on the link below. Amazing to see! Time Lapse I was hoping this would come out, thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Found some good photos on Flickr. No post-parbuckling photos unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OISU8P Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Whatever happened to the Captain that abandoned ship (jail, probation,etc...)? I have not seen him in the news lately or have been reading the wrong stories. EDIT: A little Google search on my part helped As the recovery of his ship progresses, Capt Schettino is believed to be at home with his wife in the seaside town of Meta di Sorrento, near Naples. His trial, in which he faces charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship, started in July in Grosseto in Tuscany, the closest city to the scene of the disaster. He claims that the rocky reef that the ship hit on the night of Jan 13 2012 was not marked on his nautical charts - despite the fact that it appears on tourist maps of Giglio. At the hearing, his lawyer denied that the captain had deliberately abandoned ship, instead insisting that the skipper had been inadvertently thrown off the ship by accident. Capt Schettino has previously claimed that he accidentally "tripped" and tumbled into a lifeboat, which was then lowered and took him to shore. "The idea that he abandoned the ship is a wrong interpretation," Mr Pepe, Schettino's lawyer, said outside court. "We want the truth to come out of this trial". Capt Schettino says he has been made a scapegoat by Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the ship, claiming that managers encouraged him to sail close to Giglio in order to provide a spectacle for passengers. There is currently a long break in legal proceedings over the summer, with the trial set to reconvene on Monday 23 September. Up to 700 witnesses and plaintiffs are expected to attend the trial, meaning it could last for years. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10312081/Costa-Concordia-captain-where-is-Francesco-Schettino-now.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmeister Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Since the ship has been righted I guess that means that parts of the ship that haven't been underwater are now underwater. It also seems like the ship is more flooded than it was before, but I guess that doesn't matter since it's stabilized? It's going to be one hell of a job getting the water out and the thing afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougMJr Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Just read this article. I wasn't even aware that there were still two missing (presumed dead) passengers. While I am very interested in the process of raising the ship and love poking fun at Carnival I still have to remind myself that that this is a tragedy. I'm sure this is a hard time for the families waiting for their loved ones bodies to be recovered. Hopefully they will find closure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 It's a little bit funny that they at first thought the ship was not a total loss, and planned on using here again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Any word on how much longer it will take to attach the sponsons on the other side of the ship and refloat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Not sure exactly how long the sponsons will take to install but the website states the vessel will be ready for towing around March of '14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I think the craziest part is that the cost of salvaging the ship is going to end up being more than the cost of a brand new ship. Read an article that said the operation has already cost $700 million dollars. Couldn't have happened to a better company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) ^I was wondering the same thing. I also wondered why the ship couldn't have just been dismantled on location and then have the scrap shipped off for recycling or to be discarded etc.... When I read the article I found out some very interesting facts about this particular cruise ship: -It had 17 fuel tanks -After the fuel was removed from the tanks, sea water was pumped back in so the ship would remain stable. This video shows some of the preparation for the parbuckling phase. Post-Parbuckling images: Source These platforms are huge! Edited September 18, 2013 by DJeXeL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 ^I was wondering the same thing. I also wondered why the ship couldn't have just been dismantled on location and then have the scrap shipped off for recycling or to be discarded etc.... It would have been just as expensive to do that. Not to mention extremely dangerous for the people involved. The ship has been lying on a few cliffs, and other than those it has been nothing that held the ship in place. The water around it is very deep, and starting to cut it apart would have changed the balance of the weight distribution, and with a ship this size it would be very easy to loose it down into ocean. The way they are doing it now is the only realistic and safe way to do it. And I'm actually very pleased that it cost this kind of money for Costa. As the huge ship enthusiast I am I have never seen this kind of incompetence before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 ^Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM64 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I bet Carnival re-uses that fuel. Awesome pictures of the recovery so far- thanks everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I hope the salvage company sells a bunch of crap they save and clean back to Carnival! "Hmmm, my pool chair has an interesting to smell to it." "I wonder why this chandelier smells like sea kelp?" "Do your casino chips have algae on them too?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 ^I just spit my Cactus Cooler all over my keyboard at work. Thanks! That would be hilarious however after this operation is over, Carnival might not be purchasing much of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM64 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 ^^LOL!! I would guess none of the salvaged stuff smells any worse than the homes of half of Carnival's customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 ^Great point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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