The Costa Concordia

[Rawns]

Today is the day they attempt to level up the ill fated cruise liner. The BBC have a live stream:

 

BBC News - LIVE: Attempt to pull the Costa Concordia upright

 

I find it very interesting on how they are levelling the ship and hope it all goes smoothly. From what they say on the news, there is no Plan 'B' if they fail to lift it or if the ship breaks.

 

I bet the insurance company is feeling the cost of this!

[glennda]

They reckon the whole process of salvage is £500m!! Ouch

[localzuk]

If it breaks, it'll be an environmental disaster.

 

Hope it all goes smoothly. They reckon it's moved by about a meter so far.

[glennda]

If it breaks, it'll be an environmental disaster.

 

Hope it all goes smoothly. They reckon it's moved by about a meter so far.

 

Yup - it hasn't got any fuel left in it (or very little compared to what was in it) as the tanks were emptied about a month after the accident.

[localzuk]

Yup - it hasn't got any fuel left in it (or very little compared to what was in it) as the tanks were emptied about a month after the accident.

 

True, but there is a lot of other stuff that can cause problems. They reckon the water that's been inside leaking out will be a problem enough, as it'll be contaminated with all the rotten food etc...

[Rawns]

Yup - it hasn't got any fuel left in it (or very little compared to what was in it) as the tanks were emptied about a month after the accident.

 

Ture, however there is all the on-board supplies that will have turned the water 'toxic'. 15,000 cartons of cigarettes that will have rotted away into the water, 10,000 water melons, all the other food, drink etc, and if I recall, still some unrecovered bodies. All that stagnant water inside the ship is their concern.

 

At it's current angle, you can see where the waterline was up to:

 

http://i.imgur.com/svc1kuI.png

 

It's also been freed from the rocks.

Edited September 16, 2013 by Rawns

[glennda]

Ture, however there is all the on-board supplies that will have turned the water 'toxic'. 15,000 cartons of cigarettes that will have rotted away into the water, 10,000 water melons, all the other food, drink etc, and if I recall, still some unrecovered bodies. All that stagnant water inside the ship is their concern.

 

Yup - that is the concern but in terms of environmental damage the fuel was the biggest concern. But yes the other stuff is obviously going to cause an issue.

 

From my understanding though they are trying to keep as much water inside the ship as possible and take it to dry docks to empty/decontaminate as much as possible?

[Rawns]

I believe so, however I'm sure some of it will pour out as it levels up.

[plexer]

Will be interesting to see once it gets to that critically balanced stage then the holdback system will be put under enormous strain.

 

Ben

[Rawns]

Here's what's aboard and causing the environmental concerns:

 

• 1,000 packets of Bacio chocolates
  
• 7,650kg of flour
  
• 2,200kg of melon
  
• 2,003kg of bananas
  
• 1,400kg of watermelon
  
• 4,536 litres of milk in solid form
  
• 1,300 litres of cream
  
• 3,244 low-fat fruit yoghurts
  
• 10,230 full-fat fruit yoghurts
  
• 8,800 portions of honey
  
• 1,046 half-litre bottles of extra virgin olive oil
  
• 4,260 litres of soya oil
  
• 2,346 frozen hot dog buns
  
• 3,746 hamburger buns
  
• 2,890kg of frozen croissant dough
  
• 3,400 empty casings to make Sicilian cannoli
  
• 11,200 biscuits for serving with ice cream
  
• 1,565kg of frozen duck
  
• 1,268kg of frozen chicken
  
• 16,700 Lipton tea bags
  
• 10,800 eggs
  
• 2,300kg of frozen egg
  
• 52,655 sachets of coffee sweetener
  
• 38,281 bottles of water
  
• 46,902 alcoholic beverage bottles and miniatures
  
• 22,735 bottles and cans of non-alcoholic drinks
  
• 24,030 fruit juices
  
• 22,050 cans of Coca-Cola
  
• 14,050 packets of cigarettes
  
• 10 bottles of communion wine
  
• 17,957 bottles of wine
  
• 8,200kg of beef
  
• 2,132 portions of marmalade
  
• 2,700kg of potatoes
  
• 900kg of onions
  
• 1,217kg of oranges
  
• 371kg of rabbit meat
  
• 395kg of quail
  
• 1,427kg of coffee
  
• 2,460kg of cheese
  
• 7,032kg of fruit
  
• 6,850 litres of ice cream
  
• 11,007kg of pasta
  
• 41 cubic metres of lubricating oil
  
• 10 oxygen tanks
  
• Seven acetylene tanks
  
• 600kg of mechanical grease
  
• 293 litres of paint
  
• 50 litres of insecticide
  

[korifugi]

I couldn't help but read the list above and think "for everything else - there's Mastercard"

[sted]

I couldn't help but read the list above and think "for everything else - there's Mastercard"

 

lol i thought and a partridge in a pear tree

[tech_guy]

And the most toxic thing in that list - 22,050 cans of Coca-Cola....

[d0pefish]

22,735 bottles and cans of non-alcoholic drinks

22,050 cans of Coca-Cola

 

so 44,785 bottles and cans of non-alcoholic drinks or did they carry the new Coke Vier?

[localzuk]

Looks like a load of the cables have snapped, but it's still rotating.

[Rawns]

I bet it will slow the process down a bit. I wonder how few cables they can complete the lift with. I'm sure they included a few extra in case of breakages.

 

This is the game plan:

 

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69864000/jpg/_69864191_costaconcordia_464.jpg

[VeryPC]

Here's what's aboard and causing the environmental concerns

• 38,281 bottles of water
  

Something very ironic about these being on the list...

[d0pefish]

You do have to wonder, with 22,000 cans of coca-cola on board, why nobody thought of just taking 50,000 Mentos down there. Over in seconds and Italy would have kick-started their space program

[Rawns]

Something very ironic about these being on the list...

 

I had a little chuckle at the 10 bottles of communion wine. All that other stuff and they included those 10 bottles on the list!

[laserblazer]

I've got a safety boat certificate and I don't understand all the fuss. Chuck a rope over the hull, midships and tie it to the opposite stanchions. Attach the rope to the back of a rescue boat then drive off sideways with the throttle open. It works with sailing dinghies.

[rad]

I've got a safety boat certificate and I don't understand all the fuss. Chuck a rope over the hull, midships and tie it to the opposite stanchions. Attach the rope to the back of a rescue boat then drive off sideways with the throttle open. It works with sailing dinghies.

 

Another PB'er...just use another cruise ship to assist what's the wort that could happen

 

From the list I doubt flour still exists and the frozen chicken will no longer be frozen but the smell.... Sod that

[plexer]

It's upright 2am this morning I went to bed at 1 lol.

 

Ben

[localzuk]

According to one of their press conferences, those cables weren't snapped cables - they were the excess cable after they've been shortened to increase tension.

 

Quite an impressive feat of engineering.

[Rawns]

The Beeb have some good pictures of it now it's light:

 

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69883000/jpg/_69883996_f6fcfafb-d627-4008-bb89-d2ca9bec7f9a.jpg

 

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69883000/jpg/_69883995_a5e50ac3-41a4-4274-9cba-f17da2749cf8.jpg

 

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69883000/jpg/_69883998_6e8a452e-02f3-4e13-b511-6e853438f33f.jpg

 

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69883000/jpg/_69883444_33e0bdb6-9278-4049-b9c5-0aa3b12cf00c.jpg

 

I hope for the family sake, the two reaming bodies are located, however after 20 months, I'm not sure how much of them will remain.

Edited September 17, 2013 by Rawns

[sidewinder]

Here's what's aboard and causing the environmental concerns:

 

 
 

• 2,346 frozen hot dog buns
  
• 1,565kg of frozen duck
  
• 1,268kg of frozen chicken
   
  

 

I reckon they might have defrosted by now