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thanks for the link.

 

In the year CC has been there undergoing striping operations, it looks like the hull has risen maybe 1 meter? Maybe 2? Doesn't look like much does it.

Difficult to tell, I'll go for 2 metres!

Now seen 3 different live HD camera shots, all "live non-stop", great job by 'you reporter'.

Concordia is back alive on Vessel Finder. Looks like its AIS is back online.

 

http://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/COSTA-CONCORDIA-IMO-9320544-MMSI-247158500

 

The relocation is taking place tomorrow it appears.

Here you are, live feed of her being moved NOW!

Hope the link works, if not it's on Giglionews.com;

http://www.giglionews.it/2015/05/11/trasferimento-concordia-diretta-live-da-genova/

CC's now moving away from the wall, showing in HD.

Edit: just revised the link as it wasn't working 1st time.

Costa Concordia scheduled to make her final 10 mile journey to another part of Genoa Port this Sunday 10 May, where she will be completely dismantled......

http://www.vesselfinder.com/news/3342-Costa-Concordia-To-Continue-Her-Final-Journey

If anyone has any connections in Giglio, kindly ask them to turn the cleanup camera to the right a little bit :) I imagine the traffic on the Giglio webcams has dropped noticeably since Concordia left the island.

GiglioNews must have read your post, camera has been adjusted to get the whole of Micoperi 30/Trenta in view!

http://www.giglionews.it/2010/02/24/webcam-lavori-rimozione-costa-concordia-parbuckling/

The familiar Micoperi 30 crane ship due to arrive in Giglio tonight.

Micoperi 30 (Micoperi Trenta according to VesselFinder) now positioned almost directly over platforms that Concordia was rolled onto. Hopefully find out if she is removing the platforms shortly.

Unfortunately she's positioned just out of view directly between the two GiglioNews port webcams, can only see her position on http://www.vesselfinder.com/

Not sure if Micoperi 30 and Micoperi Trenta are the same vessel, Trenta was built in 1950, seems quite an age!

The familiar Micoperi 30 crane ship due to arrive in Giglio tonight.

Thanks for the info Lightman.

Will be interesting to see the purpose of her visit, whether it's for lifting or accommodation or both?

I imagine the Islanders won't be too pleased with her return!.....

press release about a video, seemingly taken aboard the concordia without authorized access. If it's enough to warrant a press release, I'd like to see the video!

 

 

http://shiprecycling.it/shipr-recycling-saipem-san-giorgio-del-porto/

I think the following YouTube link is the video they refer to, it would appear that the photos I linked on 15 March also came from this video:

A few internal shots of CC at night in Genoa during interior removal:

https://picasaweb.google.com/103283834238370355731/CC?authkey=Gv1sRgCIuWh5nL4qDdCQ&feat=directlink#

Giglio Island sues Costa Cruises for 'hundreds of millions':

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/island-where-costa-concordia-sank-sues-for-hundreds-of-millions/ar-AA8LA9X?ocid=LENDHP

Dear God, please don't tell me that's the final location where they will be scrapping from! I hope that's just a staging area for removal of some light material and lifting on some equipment, otherwise it's going to take a lot longer than two years. There are no cranes available, no room on the breakwater to accommodate several cranes and the room to swing loads and land them on trucks. It's been many years since I was in Genoa last, and I can't remember where the shipyard is in relation to where she is laying right now. I'll try some google map.

Cheng, you're correct, it's only the first stage area. Wish I could remember where I read it, but can't!

As you say, they are removing some of the materials now and then she will be moved into a proper dock area for further removals. She will then finally go into a dry dock and be completely dismantled. It's either a 3 stage or 4 stage process. During stages 1 or 2 (I think!) they will take the top 4 decks off. I recall something about having to make her substantially lighter and consequently having less draft in order to get her into the proper dock areas, she's sitting too deep at the moment, think it's 18m?

Will try and find the link later on, unless anyone else can find it in the meantime!

Thought I recognised the music on the above video of CC in Genoa, it's the same as the music on 'Team Black Sheep' drone video of CC more than a year ago in Giglio;

Someone else has posted an abbreviated version of the same video;

Hello All,

Just found this great overhead drone video of C.C. in Genoa, posted 3 days ago;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5kxJq3g55w

Note the yellow 5 axle/10 wheel mobile telescopic crane perched about half-way along her top deck, raised up on it's outriggers. They weigh probably 40 to 50 tons, hope the deck is strong enough, would have been interesting to watch that being transferred up there!

Infront of the crane and central on the deck there is a glass half-dome roof structure that appears to have been pulled up and to one side to make an access shaft down into CC? I'm guessing the crane can then bring materials up from inside CC using skips etc and then lower them down over the edge onto barges/platforms/pontoons etc for transfer to the mainland?

She looks very lonely......

The last visible vestige of the salvage operation in Giglio is being taken down today. They have been swiftly removing the holdback towers in the last few days, even through the weekend. The last one is about to be removed today. Only remain the grout bags and platforms underwater but those are not visible, of course.

Just had a look at today's http://www.kielmonitor.de/kino.php?cam=concordia . The last anchor-block tower / holdback tower has now been lifted from the water. Apart from the working vessels and the 4 legged platform, everything above the water surface should be pretty much back to how it was, which I'm sure the Islanders will be very pleased about!

Most of the Titan/Micoperi containers have also now been removed from the keyside where the ferry normally docks in the harbour.

Costa Crociere CEO meets Nick Sloane:

http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/article/106/Concordia_-_arrival_in_Genoa,_Costa_Crociere_CEO_meets_Nick_Sloane

I have three streams running on three monitors, just in case.

 

http://www.giglionews.it/2014/07/22/live-streaming-costa-concordia-refloating/

 

http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/costa-concordia-il-recupero/la-concordia-arriva-a-genova-l-attracco-in-diretta/172219/170762?ref=HRER3-1

 

http://www.lastampa.it/medialab/webcar/primopiano

Thanks to MM and everyone else for the live links and the updates!

I'm finding La Stampa the best at the moment.

I'm being told that the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is expected in Genoa this afternoon to see the end of the docking procedure.

Some information on the dismantling of CC:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10991586/100-million-operation-to-dismantle-Costa-Concordia-revealed.html

Hope this link works, a drone view of CC leaving Giglio, in high definition!

Looking good on http://www.kielmonitor.de/kino.php?cam=concordia

As soon as the ferry came in, she was off!

Annoyed I missed the water cannon salute live, hopefully the news reports will show it later on.

Probably one of these things:

 

1. Doing final checks

2. Deciding to go North or South

3. Getting all the convoy in position

She's now perpendicular to the coastline, she's not moving forward as I type, seem to recall seeing this on one of the Parbuckling Project animated videos as part of the plan before departing.

Does she still have a cable between her stern and one of the anchor towers, otherwise she'd be moving forward due to the forward pull from Blizzard/Resolve Earl?

The Parbuckling Project just tweeted that "Concordia refloating operations have ended"

http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/

Today's update from The Parbuckling Project:

http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/article/100/Concordia_refloating_-_news_from_july_22th

Also noticed on vesselfinder.com that CC now has what I assume is a live transponder, she's showing on the map as an actual ship again, in position & ready to depart tomorrow for Genoa. (For the last couple of years she has shown up as only a white outline in the same way as the coast line/land).

The Parbuckling Project/Titan Micoperi tweeting :

"close to refloating completion" and also

"departure of the wreck planned for Wednesday 23rd July".

So looks like another day's delay....

Thanks MorganMars for all the info on Kidan, I got that one very wrong!! (Sorry I missed your earlier post.)