Ken711 Posted August 31, 2015 #7601 Share Posted August 31, 2015 A good video on YouTube of CC, posted 2 weeks ago & taken presumably just before. It's in HD so you can pause it and get a clear picture of her: Great video find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken711 Posted September 1, 2015 #7602 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I still would really love to see any underwater footage that probably exists during the parbuckling phase when it was pulled upright onto the underwater platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterv Posted September 1, 2015 #7603 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I would love to see ANY photos of some of the areas that were underwater like the theater or the lounges etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightman1984 Posted September 3, 2015 #7604 Share Posted September 3, 2015 from the webcam it looks like decks 10 and 11 are gone on the forward section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisrp Posted September 4, 2015 #7605 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Much of the forward section between decks 4 and 7 is gone to provide access to equipment carrying debris outside for the cranes to pick up. In the video posted a few days ago this can be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken711 Posted September 4, 2015 #7606 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Watched the crane on rails lift off a large portion of the deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTH Posted September 20, 2015 #7607 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Micoperi 30 lifted the last of the underwater platforms from the seabed at Giglio yesterday, a few more grout bags and anchor blocks still to be lifted to help complete the job of returning the seabed to it's original state: http://www.giglionews.it/2015/09/20/pulizia-fondali-rimossa-lultima-delle-piattaforme/ In Genoa from what I can make out using the webcam they are nibbling away at 2 decks at a time from both CC's bow and stern towards her middle section. Might be wrong but I think they have also detached one of the sponsons which looks to be floating/moored up between the tip of CC's bow and the keyside? Saw this yesterday, unfortunately there is a pier crane blocking the view today (Sunday)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisrp Posted September 21, 2015 #7608 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I also see that the aftmost sponson S15 has been lifted although still in place. And it looks from the webcam that the ship is almost or at its normal floating level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisrp Posted September 22, 2015 #7609 Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) Let me correct my previous post. It is not that S15 was lifted. Actually three of the four starboard tall sponsons (S1, S2 and S14) have been lowered. I just stumbled upon an image of the refloat and noticed that the tall sponsons were originally all the way to the bridge deck (8) but their tops are now at deck 5 level. Can't see the port side sponsons from the Axis214 webcam. May be the ship is sitting on those sponsons and not floating at all? Edited September 22, 2015 by luisrp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTH Posted September 23, 2015 #7610 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Let me correct my previous post. It is not that S15 was lifted. Actually three of the four starboard tall sponsons (S1, S2 and S14) have been lowered. I just stumbled upon an image of the refloat and noticed that the tall sponsons were originally all the way to the bridge deck (8) but their tops are now at deck 5 level. Can't see the port side sponsons from the Axis214 webcam. May be the ship is sitting on those sponsons and not floating at all? Just to complicate things further, it may be that they've cut the top sections of certain sponsons off. If you look at the following from around 1min 20secs there is a barge moored up to the other side of CC's pier/wall with what looks like sections of sponsons? (Could be completely wrong!): Edited September 23, 2015 by CTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken711 Posted September 23, 2015 #7611 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Just to complicate things further, it may be that they've cut the top sections of certain sponsons off. If you look at the following from around 1min 20secs there is a barge moored up to the other side of CC's pier/wall with what looks like sections of sponsons? (Could be completely wrong!): Great find. I think you are correct, it appears they did in fact cut the tops sections off of the port side sponsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranysT Posted September 23, 2015 #7612 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Isn't it taking longer to tear her apart, than it did to build her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisrp Posted September 24, 2015 #7613 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Just to complicate things further, it may be that they've cut the top sections of certain sponsons off. If you look at the following from around 1min 20secs there is a barge moored up to the other side of CC's pier/wall with what looks like sections of sponsons? (Could be completely wrong!): Good find! We have been missing what is going on at the port side. I have attached two captures from that video. Indeed it looks like the port side sponsons have been cut. Their tops were flat (aside from the attachments and stuff on top of them) and painted white. Their tops went up to deck 8 too and the ship is now visible down to deck 3 on that side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightman1984 Posted September 25, 2015 #7614 Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) The tops of the tall sponsons were removed starting last month since they do not serve a purpose. Status update posted on the recycling website 9/24, though it does not mention a whole lot that hasn't already been discussed before. Some of the sponsons will be removed entirely in the coming weeks. http://shiprecycling.it/stato-di-avanzamento-progetto-smantellamento-e-riciclo-della-concordia/ Edited September 25, 2015 by lightman1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeBeach Posted September 28, 2015 #7615 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Wow! Ya'll have found some great pix and good info to update the progress. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken711 Posted October 7, 2015 #7616 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Work continues on removing anchor blocks. After removal of the 6 platforms that made up the false bottom of which was rotated during the Costa Concordia parbuckling waters of Giglio, go ahead shipped restore operations of the seabed of Punta Gabbianara through the removal of 11 anchor blocks ( restraints of the wreck). To date they have been removed anchor blocks number 3, 4. The anchor blocks, explain Micoperi from the yard, they are cut with the machine diamond wire below the base of the structure, thus allowing the lifting in one piece of the entire anchor block. Once removed, the divers proceed to manually remove the residual cement and sandbags were at the bottom under the base of the structure. This material was placed to enable sealing the anchor block, during the step of filling the cement inside. "We are in line with the time schedule - said the Mayor Ortelli - but the most delicate phase will be the next and last one that involves the removal of sediments. All this is expected to close in early 2016, tentatively by the end of February. " http://www.giglionews.it/2015/10/07/proseguono-senza-sosta-i-lavori-di-ripristino-fondali/#gallery/35700/8589 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeBeach Posted October 7, 2015 #7617 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Ken, seems like it will take as long to remove the platforms as it did to build them. ;) Been following the latest ship tragedy. Terrible that all on board were lost. Hope the CG can find the black box to get some answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken711 Posted October 8, 2015 #7618 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Ken, seems like it will take as long to remove the platforms as it did to build them. ;) Been following the latest ship tragedy. Terrible that all on board were lost. Hope the CG can find the black box to get some answers. It sure does. I hesitate to see the final bill when all the clean-up and the salvaging of the Costa Concordia is completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted October 30, 2015 #7619 Share Posted October 30, 2015 A photo taken today of Concordia by a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisrp Posted October 31, 2015 #7620 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Oh wow! Progress in the port side is way ahead of what we see in the starboard side from the web cam. By now (just went to the web cam site a few minutes ago) the bridge is completely gone as is the deck 9 section above it. Only the forward section and mid section (where the tower crane is located) remain of deck 9. There is still the section around the funnel up to deck 11 but they have already begun cutting up deck 8 aft in the starboard side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTH Posted November 1, 2015 #7621 Share Posted November 1, 2015 A photo taken today of Concordia by a friend. Thanks for the photo link Sidari. Ship Recycling also provided an update earlier this week: http://shiprecycling.it/stato-avanzamento-lavori-20-ottobre-2015/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted November 11, 2015 #7622 Share Posted November 11, 2015 This interesting link from gCaptain http://gcaptain.com/a-current-look-at-and-inside-the-dismantled-costa-concordia/#.VkPCB16fcgk . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTH Posted November 12, 2015 #7623 Share Posted November 12, 2015 This interesting link from gCaptain http://gcaptain.com/a-current-look-at-and-inside-the-dismantled-costa-concordia/#.VkPCB16fcgk . Great link/pics Aplmac, thanks. Ship Recycling also provided another update yesterday, includes a decent 3 minute video of the 'squelched' section being removed by the white meccano type crane recently: http://shiprecycling.it/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightman1984 Posted November 12, 2015 #7624 Share Posted November 12, 2015 2 albums of photos updated too. They're a little dated but still interesting to see the demolition up close. http://shiprecycling.it/multimedia/#176prettyPhoto[gallery]/6/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken711 Posted November 12, 2015 #7625 Share Posted November 12, 2015 This interesting link from gCaptain http://gcaptain.com/a-current-look-at-and-inside-the-dismantled-costa-concordia/#.VkPCB16fcgk . Nice link! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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