Costa Concordia righted after massive salvage effort Giglio, Italy - TopicsExpress



          

Costa Concordia righted after massive salvage effort Giglio, Italy (CNN) -- The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia was sitting upright early Tuesday after the first step of an unprecedented effort to salvage the ill-fated ship. In a lengthy process involving massive pulleys, cables and steel tanks, a salvage crew managed to roll the 114,00-ton vessel off the rocks where it ran aground 20 months ago. "It was a perfect operation, I would say," said Franco Porcellacchia, the head of the technical team for the cruise line Costa Crochiere, owned by American firm Carnival Cruises. Read more.. #NEWS #COSTA #CONCORDIA #MASSIVE #SALVAGE ~AYIS~
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:00:30 +0000

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