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[sidari]

SB ... Schettino aside i am sure that Uni and myself would behave like the gentlemen that we are .... :D

 

The pics look great of the Breakaway but the hull artwork is way too much.

Edited February 26, 2013 by sidari

[Uniall]

SB ... Schettino aside i am sure that Uni and myself would behave like the gentlemen that we are .... :D

 

The pics look great of the Breakaway but the hull artwork is way too much.

 

At least for the first three pints..................

[sidari]

Three pints ? Lightweight LOL .... :p

[Uniall]

Three pints ? Lightweight LOL .... :p

 

That's just the wash for the Michael Collins Irish Whiskey.....;)

[sidari]

"That's just the wash for the Michael Collins Irish Whiskey"

 

Is it that bad then .... :eek:

[Ken711]

Various photos of the ongoing work:

 

 

 

 

Grout Bag

 

 

Inside the ship

[bigeck]

Nice pics Ken. Looks they are getting on with it

[bigeck]

Heres a web site that was posted on the Royal Caribbean thread.

 

http://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/Name_Index_By_Date.html

 

A lot of strange goings on

[cruiserfanfromct]

Costa Concordia Victims Win U.S. Jurisdiction Victory

 

http://www.marinelink.com/news/jurisdiction-concordia352027.aspx

 

In other related news, Costa Crociere is seeking a plea deal of 1 million Euros (1.35 million dollars) with Italian prosecutors. :eek:

[cruiserfanfromct]

Chief Prosecutor Francesco Verusio said after a sophisticated scientific and other technological investigation was carried out, `'the determining cause of the events of the shipwreck, deaths and injuries, is, unfortunately, dramatically due to the human factor."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_SHIP_AGROUND?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[cruiserfanfromct]

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for April 15th for Francesco Schettino, officers Ciro Ambrosio and Silvia Coronica, the helmsman Jacob Rusli, the head of Costa Cruises crisis unit Roberto Ferrarini and the hotel director Manrico Giampedroni.

 

http://thalassa.blog.rainews24.it/2013/02/27/concordia-udienza-preliminare-il-15-aprile/

 

http://www.altroquotidiano.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5016103&catid=110

[SomeBeach]

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for April 15th for Francesco Schettino, officers Ciro Ambrosio and Silvia Coronica, the helmsman Jacob Rusli, the head of Costa Cruises crisis unit Roberto Ferrarini and the hotel director Manrico Giampedroni.

 

http://thalassa.blog.rainews24.it/2013/02/27/concordia-udienza-preliminare-il-15-aprile/

 

http://www.altroquotidiano.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5016103&catid=110

 

Last I heard nobody could find the helmsman. He went home and disappeared.

[SomeBeach]

Heres a web site that was posted on the Royal Caribbean thread.

 

http://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/Name_Index_By_Date.html

 

A lot of strange goings on

 

Interesting. They show 34 people died on Concordia. :confused:

An update on the project.

http://www.marinelink.com/news/concordia-salvage-update351925.aspx

[cruiserfanfromct]

Last I heard nobody could find the helmsman. He went home and disappeared.

 

Correct -- he went to back to Indonesia and his whereabouts are not known. Can't say that I blame him for disappearing -- not sure he would come out ahead if he doesn't have the funds to be properly represented.

[Ken711]

Weekly Report:

 

http://www.giglionews.it/images/stories/allegati/rel_sett_osservatorio030313.pdf

[cruiserfanfromct]

Sad, sad stories of victims last moments on Concordia. Decision on trial coming soon.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9909564/Tragedy-and-heroism-as-final-moments-of-Costa-Concordia-victims-are-revealed.html

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1060340/costa-concordia-victims-last-moments-revealed

Edited March 5, 2013 by cruiserfanfromct

[Uniall]

Correct -- he went to back to Indonesia and his whereabouts are not known. Can't say that I blame him for disappearing -- not sure he would come out ahead if he doesn't have the funds to be properly represented.

 

BOLO :D

(Be On Look Out)

 

Jacob Rusli, former helmsman Costa Concordia

 

Last seen in Indonesia-Malaysia region

 

Special Alert: Possibly employed as helmsman on regional ferries operating out of Singapore. :eek:

Edited March 5, 2013 by Uniall

[Ken711]

A small oil leak from one of the hot tap valves that were used to remove the fuel on board was contained.

 

Small oil spill this morning from the carcass of the Costa Concordia island of Giglio. But the leak was quickly blocked and prevented its spread, through a cordon of 350 meters with a flat spread over the sea and the operation of the pump float, which in a few hours he recovered half a cubic meter of fuel. Immediately to secure Maria Sargentini, president of Concordia on emergency monitoring, today the island of Giglio, where he played in the early afternoon a city council open to take stock of the progress of the work awarded to the consortium da Costa Titan-Micoperi. Certain creams were also stretched in front of the entrance to the port, given the presence of strong currents from the north and the iridescence were moving in that direction. The spillage of today has been caused by the detachment of a flange, or a metal disk with connectors, of a valve of the system "Hot tapping" installed in the course of the operations of removing fuel. The valve is closed by divers of the consortium, who dived several times from ten to twelve this morning. The loss was reported at 8.40. A couple of minutes later the first teams were already there by boat. technicians and workers are carrying out further investigations. The Centre has, however, asked to immediately check the status of all valves installed for the recovery of fuel, so as to prevent any other problems.

[cruiserfanfromct]

Here is the full official 60 page report from the court of Grosetto outlining charges against Schettino et al and describing how the 32 passengers died. It is in Italian -- not sure when the English version will come out.

 

http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/media/pdf/concordia/concordia.pdf

 

From an article in Corriere De La Sera:

 

http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/firenze/notizie/cronaca/2013/4-marzo-2013/gli-ultimi-attimi-vita-vittime-naufragio-21225051802.shtml

Edited March 5, 2013 by cruiserfanfromct

[cruiserfanfromct]

NEW -- Schettino interview TONIGHT on channel 7 news in the Miami / Fort Lauderdale area. This is Part II of a two part series exclusively on channel 7. Might be posted on their website after the news I hear. Will post link if available.

 

Here is Part I:

 

http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/carmelcase/MI97389/costa-concordia-captain-speaks/

[SomeBeach]

A small oil leak from one of the hot tap valves that were used to remove the fuel on board was contained.

 

Glad they were able to contain the leak quickly.

[SomeBeach]

NEW -- Schettino interview TONIGHT on channel 7 news in the Miami / Fort Lauderdale area. This is Part II of a two part series exclusively on channel 7. Might be posted on their website after the news I hear. Will post link if available.

 

Here is Part I:

 

http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/carmelcase/MI97389/costa-concordia-captain-speaks/

 

Captain seems to be throwing the helmsman under the boat.

I don't see how he'll get around the idea in most folks heads that he bailed on his crew and passengers.

[Ken711]

Glad they were able to contain the leak quickly.

 

The term in that Giglio News article "carcass of the Costa Concordia" made me think of a dead whale washed up on shore.

[watertheodds]

Page 1-2-3 Starting with Shettino on Page 1

 

:

SCHETTINO

in) 402, 61 n. 3, 113, 4492, in reference to art. 428, and cp 5892-4, 1122 cn, for - as master ship Costa Concordia, in cooperation with Ciro Ambrosio, Jacob Rusli Bin and Silvia Coronica and with Manrico Giampedroni and Roberto Ferrarini - because consisted of carelessness, negligence and incompetence and in violation of laws, regulations, orders and disciplines. In particular, and among other things:

- By failing to ensure that the intended route was planned using adequate and appropriate cards boating and other nautical publications necessary for the intended voyage, containing accurate, complete and up to date information about those restrictions to navigation and the risks that are of permanent or predictable and that are relevant to the safe navigation of the ship and, in particular, using, and making use officer cartographer Simone Canessa, for the foreseen navigation the coast in the waters off the island of Giglio at night time, charts inadequate for scale too large and the consequent less detail in the representation of the coastline and seabed (And therefore in breach of Rules 3 and 5, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 2 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Enabling and Sealing Guard for Maritime -InternationalConvention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers - STCW, the Rule 34, Chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea - SOLAS and paragraph 4.3.9 of the procedure SMS P 14 MAN 01 - Management of the navigation manual - Procedures for the dashboard – Navigation Management, Standard orders for the Watch Officer of the Bridge); - By ordering, approving and authorizing the planned route by Simone Canessa, although not formalized in a ritual plane travel (voyage plan) and evidently prepared without having collected and studied charts, the pilot books, the list of lights and fog signals, the tide tables, ephemeris and any other publication deemed useful (and therefore in breach of Rules 3 and 5, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 2 of the STCW Convention, the Regulation 34, Chapter V of the Convention and

said internal procedure P 14 01 MAN SMS); - By failing to provide in writing the so-called standing orders - standing orders to the officers who were succession in a watch on the bridge of the detailed rules for the implementation of planned navigation inshore and, in particular, by not providing indications and / or orders with regard to the approach speed, the time and to the radius of turn with which to perform the transition from route 278 ° to that 334 °, the time at which the commander had to be called to the bridge to make the approach maneuver, the times when he had to eventually be the strengthening of the look-out, the method the purpose of navigation (and therefore in breach of the above procedure and SMS P14 MAN01); - By failing to take into due consideration the dangers arising from a navigation not fully however, planned and then carried out specifically, without having provided and in any case without the availability of adequate material traditional cartography of greater detail, and in particular the necessary chart n. 119 - scale 1:20.000 - Hydrographic Institute of the Italian Navy

(And therefore in breach of Rules 3 and 5, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 2 of the Convention

STCW, Rule 34, Chapter V of the Convention SOLAS and the above procedure

internal P 14 01 MAN SMS); - By first slowing down the ship, in order to finish their dinner in peace prior to arrival expected point-of-turn, and by then subsequently accelerate, and thus maintaining a speed next to 16 knots (despite the proximity of obstacles, the presence of shallow water, the ability to maneuver the ship - with special reference to stopping distance and turning ability in the conditions of the moment - and the night hour), so as not to have time and space to act appropriately and efficient way to stop the vessel within a distance appropriate to the circumstances and conditions of time (and therefore also in breach of Rule no. 6, Annex BA, Law of 27 December 1977 n. 1085 and Rule 5 of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea – International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea - Colreg); - By failing to reinforce - in number and, where appropriate, quality - the composition of guard at

a night navigation in restricted waters with particular traffic density (and therefore in breach Rule 18, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 4.1 of the Convention and STCW section 4.1.3

of this procedure P14 SMS SMS MAN 01). - By failing to show up on the bridge in advance, so as to then take ownership Guard and the direction of movement without having previously taken cognizance of the ship's actual or estimated, the position and speed of the ship, currents, weather conditions and kind of situation of navigation, including the operational conditions of all equipment for navigation and safety in use or that must or may be used during the call, and included also the conditions and risks that could have been met (and therefore in breach of Rules 21 and 22, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 4.1 of the Convention STCW); - Allowing the presence of extraneous not appropriate on the bridge (in particular, the members Antonello Tievoli crew, Manrico Giampedroni and Ciro Onorato and passenger Domnica Cemortan) with the consequent increase of confusion and sources of distraction for himself, and for the mates and for the helmsman in service (and therefore, not maintaining - and not doing maintain - A safe watch at sea and during the approach maneuver, in violation of Rule Rule

3 II/1.2 of this STCW Convention, as well as provided by section 4.3 of the procedure

SMS P14-IO2 - Regulations for the Bridge Team); - Participating, along with Antonello Tievoli, a telephone conversation with Terence Mario Palombo, and so further distracted and distracting also the officers of the watch, while he was in the vicinity the coast into a hazardous situation and rudder by hand (and therefore not keeping - and not doing

maintain - a safe watch in navigation and maneuvering, in violation of the rule of II/1.2

above the STCW Convention, as well as provided by section 4.3 of this procedure

SMS P14-IO2); - Standing in the way - before you take ownership of the guard and of the operation - in watchkeeping by the first officer Ciro Ambrosio, ordering them to put the hand steering and ordering of positioning a CPA (meaning, in effect, a Vrm - Variable Range Marker) of a radar, so in fact influencing the watchkeeping by such Ambrosio (and therefore in breach Rule 24.3, Part 4.1, Section A-VIII / 2 of the STCW Convention); - Taking ownership of the guard and the direction of operation without waiting for the view to be fully accustomed to the light conditions (and therefore in breach of Rule 20, Part 4.1, Section A-VIII / 2 of the STCW Convention); - Taking ownership of the guard and the direction of movement without having previously had

cognizance of the ship's actual or estimated, the position and speed of the ship, current conditions weather and generally the situation of navigation, including the operational conditions of all equipment for navigation and safety in use or that must or may be used during guard, and included also the conditions and risks that could have been met (and therefore violation of Rules 21 and 22, Part 4.1, Section A-VIII / 2 of the STCW Convention); - By failing to assign specific tasks to the members of the guard in the suborder and omitting in particular to prepare a proper look-out, using all available means appropriate to the circumstances and conditions of the moment, and in particular not by sending to this end on the fin of the left any of the officers of the watch or other crew members (and therefore also in breach of the Rule no. 5 of the said Regulation Colreg and the Rule II/1.4 (a) and Rules 14-16, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 4.1 of the Convention STCW); - By failing to point out the ship's position at frequent intervals and with different methods, to identify lights and signals the coast, to put a constant comparison, the magnetic compass and gyro, and to keep to control the radar, on different scales simultaneously, and generally followed the route (and therefore

in violation of Section A-VIII / 2 of the STCW Convention and the requirements of

from the above procedure P14 SMS MAN 01) - By failing to take any necessary information from the radar, while browsing the coast, to control continuity with the position of the vessel, in particular since the remarkable points to the ground

were not clearly visible (and therefore in breach of paragraph 4.3.9 of this procedure

SMS P14 MAN 01); - Excessively and unnecessarily approaching the coast of Isola del Giglio, failing to examine that the ship would follow a safe route, departing from the previously plotted course correction to the original and not perceiving in time - either directly or through the on-board instrumentation - The presence of rocks and shoals near the new route followed by him at the time (and therefore also in breach of Rule 7 of the Rules Colreg and the Rule 34.1, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 4.1 of the Convention STCW); - By failing to require the officer cartographer a new fast planning with reference to a precise point of approach recommended to move to the desired safe distance from obstacles, Having decided to move further to the coast to the route traced by Simone Canessa (And therefore in breach of Rule 7, Section A-VIII / 2, Part 2 of the STCW Convention); - Maintaining navigation in narrow waters and the bow almost perpendicular to the coastline, a speed close to 16 knots, despite the proximity of obstacles, the presence of shallow water, the conditions maneuverability of the ship - with special reference to stopping distance and its quality ability in the prevailing conditions - and the night time (and therefore also in breach of Rule n. 6 of the Regulation Colreg); - Giving orders to the helmsman with high frequency on the route to follow, without specifying the speed dell'accostata and usually the maximum time out on the orders (and indeed, on one occasion, indicating that the order had to be done slowly and in a non-abrupt);

[watertheodds]

I will continue to translate and post if anyone is interested - or we can wait for a link in english.