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"She's to be refloated...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rdia-will-be-refloated-and-removed-whole.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rdia-will-be-refloated-and-removed-whole.html
"She's to be refloated...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rdia-will-be-refloated-and-removed-whole.html
"She's to be refloated...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rdia-will-be-refloated-and-removed-whole.html
Personal experience causes my hackles to rise when a salvage company is accused of "not getting on with it!"
From the Torygraph article.
"Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the crippled liner, will invite 10 of the world's best known salvage firms to bid for the contract to recover the vessel.
Bids must be in by early March, with the contract to be awarded by the end of that month and work to start shortly afterwards.
By that time it is hoped that a Dutch company, Smit, will have been able to extract the 500,000 gallons of diesel and heavy oil in the liner's fuel tanks.
The salvage operation is expected to take up to 10 months, meaning that the ship will spend at least a year wedged on rocks in clear sight of Giglio's port and main settlement."
Not exactly rushing the job, are they?
Clearly they should put Minn in charge!!Italians + Americans= one lot shrugging and going for a coffee, the other lot checking with their lawyers before going to the loo.
I exculde all their CG & Carabinari crews and divers from that mind! Total Respect due there.