Parbuckling operations of the Costa Concordia will begin tomorrow, Monday 16 September; the Italian Civil Protection Department said
"Based on the weather-marine forecast for the Giglio Island issued by the Central Station of the Department of Civil Protection, in coordination with the Weather Forecast Station for the Tuscany Region at the LAMMA Consortium, Titan/Micoperi Consortium technicians confirm the possibility to go ahead with the operations tomorrow. In fact, the expected values for wind direction and force (inserire quello della previsione) and significant wave height (inserire quello della previsione) fall within the range of operating feasibility thresholds," it said in a statement.
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Decision regarding go ahead for work to bringi the wreck of the cruise liner Costa Concordia on even keel tomorrow will be made this afternoon, the Italian Civil Protection Department said in a statement.
The weather conditions will have to be right to allow the work to start at first dawn tomorrow morning. The wreck lies on its starboard side at an angle of about 80 degrees at the island of Giglio. The vessel ran aground there on 13 January last year.
"The first date useful for the rotation of the Concordia is fixed at six o'clock in the morning of Monday, September 16th. However, weather conditions have to be favourable. The final decision about the beginning of operations will be therefore communicated by 2 pm of the previous day," the Civil Protection Department said.
At this point, the aim is to bring the vessel on even keel on the seabed plus a metal structure built under the vessel. The plan is to refloat the wreck at a later stage, after a sponson has been built also on the starboard side of the wreck.
