Ken711

Would you think that is why the Last Salute project stopped.

I thought was just a financial arrangement where the Last Salute people and the location where the camera was positioned couldn't agree on a price. The Last Salute people are taking donations in order to re-establish the filming process from what their Facebook page says.

I have been trying to get the email address of the Mayor of Giglio in order to try and persuade him that it is the long term interests of tourism in Giglio to get some decent cameras on the wreck whilst the worlds focus is on his island.

I couldn't agree more.

Ho that I know...its being working there since the start of operations and it is indeed the anchors.

 

I am referring to the smaller crane barge working near the hull at the pool sky light openings' date=' they have removed the sky lights, now they are moving in and out of the lower deck.

 

 

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The pool sky lights with the exception of one panel have been removed for some time now. Too bad the Last Salute web cam is no longer working as it would have given a clearer view.

I have seen photographs of small boats inside the swimming pool area

Now that's interesting. I wonder if there were divers doing damage surveys?

Over the last few weeks I have noticed that crane barge often working right over the pool area sky light opening. I am wondering just what work they are doing here?.. I am sure they are and will be using this area to get into the hull' date=' but just what maybe be going on inside now has me thinking (thinking always gets me in trouble.:confused:

 

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I think they are installing the stabiliization pilings to prevent the ship from sliding off the rocks. See my post #78.

Giglio News published a photo which appears to be the installation of a pole/piling being driven into the seabed during the stabilization work.

I would guess that maybe just a supply/crew boat for the barge. Due to the sizes needed the underwater sections would be to big for that little boat.

 

AKK

I agree probably a supply ship. Seems too early for the underwater platform yet. Once they finish with the stabilization on the starboard side, I expect they'll start drilling for the footings and pilings on the port side to support the underwater platform.

Thanks Ken

I think we might have a chance with Giglio news if enough of us email them with requests such as turning the camera again and getting progress reports with photos.

The email address I used to get the short lived camera

turn is giglionews@gmail.com

Although my last couple of emails havent got a reply.

My line to them has been that Giglio has a great opportunity to showcase themselves to the world by the unfortunate accident with a long lasting opportunity to increase tourism after Costa Concordia has been removed.

Sometime ago I did email Titan to see if they would give us progress reports , but as Tonka has said previously salvage is a very secretive world.

I didnt get a reply.

I will send and email to Giglio News, thanks for their email address. Years back, I followed the progress of the recovery of the Russian submarine the Kursk that was carried out by the Mammoet-SMIT joint company team. I'm not sure if Titan-Micoperi would be as cooperative on providing progress on the Costa Concordia , but I'll email them anyway.

Ken

Hi All

Giglio news is showing 8 new still photos of which some of them I cannot decipher what they are of. But it does show that 3 lifeboats that wasnt launched in the disaster have been removed and are tied up to the platform. Thru the bad translation it does confirm what Ken suggested that they are concentrating on the pilings to secure the ship.

Hi Clive and Anne,

In looking at those 8 photos, a couple of them show what appear to me as blue drill bits for drilling the pilings. They will be drilling on both sides of the ship. The current starboard side pilings/poles going in now are for the stabilization phase, and the drilling that will take place on the port side for the underwater platform. The underwater platform pilings drilling would be substantially larger, which I think those drill bits would be used for.

I only wish Giglio News, would start a photo journal taking daily or even weekly photos of what work is occurring on the port side away from the web cam.

Ken

Hi Ken

I think your right, when I looked earlier I couldnt see the remaiming glass roof panel but now I see it . Think the crane itself might have been hiding it.

Sidari

Apologies for the brusque tone of my reply last night it wasnt intentional. Please feel free to contact me on the email address I gave you. (the space between e and c is in fact an underscore

Clive

I was watching the crane barge on the starboard side and they appear to have lowered a pole into the water next to the barge, so this may in fact be part of the stabilization work. Below is a quote from an article that described that phase.

Before attempting to move the ship, the companies will attach heavy cables that are connected to poles in order to keep it from sliding, according to a plan that was released publicly in May.

 

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/15/2897054/raising-the-costa-concordia-is.html#storylink=cpy

It looks like the crane which removed the rock from the port side has now moved round and has possibly removed the glass roof panel from over the swimming pool.

Could the funnel be next?

Last photos I looked at only showed one panel on the swimming roof left in place, which still appears the case. They could be working on the remaining part of the funnel, but also the removal schedule for August called for stabilization work to take place, and it may be related to that.

Provided that the cabin dimensions are the same between the Dream class and the Costa Concordia this in theory could work.

 

The other gotcha is the costs to remove them and then ship them to the shipyard building the new ship and then refurbish them. I imagine by next February the only thing salvageable will be the shell of the cabin

 

I dont' see how it would be cost effective to reuse any of the cabins from the Costa Concordia vs building brand new cabins for any ships currently under construction or planned to be constructed.

I don't see that as a likely option either, given the timing of the removal and the cost involved. They will be welding caissons for buoyancy onto both sides of the ships which will may also make them unusable as well.

Hi and Welcome

Yes, thats the Micopiri 30 which I think is one of the largest barges of its type in the world. You can google it for its specifications but it does have accomodation for 200.

 

Clive

If you think the Micoperi 30 is large, it pales in comparison to a formerly owned crane barge built by Micoperi which was called the Micoperi 7000, and is now called the Saipem 7000 by the Saipem S.p.A. company that bought it. It's capable of lifting 14,200 tons with the two cranes combined, with crew accommodation for 800, including a hospital, cinema and lounges. I wonder if they plan to bring this barge in for use later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saipem_7000

Removal date pushed back a month from January 2013 to February 2013.

"The work of removing the Costa Concordia will undergo a shift in time." This was announced by the mayor of the island of Giglio Sergio Festambiente Ortelli at the event which was held this morning on this island of the Tuscan archipelago. A first estimate of the time, made ​​by Italian-American consortium Titan Salvage Micoperi-charge of operations, provided for the removal by February 2013. "While we understand the complexity of the operations - said the mayor - at this point ask the Centre to the removal chaired by the Region of Tuscany come back to meet every day with constant updates so that the community gigliese a part might have been a garrison with the evolution of the work and the other companies charge relazionino so sure about the timing of removal. "

 

Just at this time you are in a meeting of the Observatory. In recent days the vessel arrived at Lily 'Micoperi 30', a platform of 120 meters that will be used as part of operations to remove the wreck of the ship. The 'Micoperi 30' is in addition to another platform that already for a month is used in the recovery of Concord. The 'Micoperi' 30 'will be used to carry out drilling on the left side of the wreck and to install the bases where they will be set no later than November, the submarine platforms, which will support the hull at the time of the rotation and put back in the vertical position of the ship. Will also serve for the installation of the box-floating along the left side of the ship provided by the project for removal.

http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/08/13/news/concordia_slittano_i_tempi_sindaco_subito_un_vertice-40877933/?ref=twhr&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

There was a picture on the web that I saw this last week (from the Last Salute site) that showed the hole in the hull where the rock used to be. In the same picture above it are multiple square plates on the exterior of the hull which I think was probably a few decks up, so that looks to me like OV cabin windows that have been welded/plated shut. Perhaps they will do the same process with the hole where the rock was removed.

I saw some photos on the web of the covering of the windows. They appeared to be marine plywood, since in the same photo you could see the sheets of the coverings stacked up on the port side as they were in the processing of covering the windows.