According to the officials involved in the recovery of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, it may take up to 10 months to remove the capsized vessel from the sea. The rough sea off the Tuscan Coast has been indicated as the prime reason for the consistent delay of the recovery operation.
Officials have put a hold on both the operation of removal of oil from the ship’s fuel tanks and search for the missing people after finding that the ship has Though there is no hope of finding any missing passengers alive, the officials are still reluctant to give the final death toll for the disaster. According to the reports, their main goal is to prevent the incident from translating into an environmental disaster.
The experts said that it would take approximately 28 days to remove the fuel from 15 tanks of the capsized ship. After that they would remove the 350 cubic meters of diesel, fuel, and other lubricants from ship’s engine room.
The whole process might take up to 10 months or more. This means that the ship would be visible from the coast of the Island of Giglio for the entire summer tourism season.moved four centimetres over six hours.
Officials have put a hold on both the operation of removal of oil from the ship’s fuel tanks and search for the missing people after finding that the ship has Though there is no hope of finding any missing passengers alive, the officials are still reluctant to give the final death toll for the disaster. According to the reports, their main goal is to prevent the incident from translating into an environmental disaster.
The experts said that it would take approximately 28 days to remove the fuel from 15 tanks of the capsized ship. After that they would remove the 350 cubic meters of diesel, fuel, and other lubricants from ship’s engine room.
The whole process might take up to 10 months or more. This means that the ship would be visible from the coast of the Island of Giglio for the entire summer tourism season.moved four centimetres over six hours.
Source: marineinsight.com
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