Costa Concordia’s last voyage: Dismantling.

 

Ca se passe en Europe : le dernier voyage «à risque» du Costa Concordia (A high risk trip)

 

  • L’épave Costa Concordia définitivement «arrachée» l’île Giglio, large Toscane, probablement 20 juillet.
    L’épave du Costa Concordia devrait être définitivement «arrachée» de l’île du Giglio, au large de la Toscane, probablement le 20 juillet. – AFP. The wreck of the costa cordia should at last “pull away” from the Isle of Giglio, off Tuscany, probably on 20 July.

Deux ans et demi après le naufrage, le Costa Concordia s’apprête à quitter le Giglio pour une démolition à Gênes. Coût final de l’opération, depuis janvier 2012 : 1,1 milliard d’euros. Two and a half years after the shipwreck, the Costa Concordia is ready to leave Giglio for demolition in Genoa. The final cost of the operation, since January 2012: €1.1M.

Le compte à rebours a commencé. La date n’est pas encore complètement officielle mais l’opération devrait démarrer le 13 juillet et durer cinq à sept jours. Deux ans et demi après le naufrage du 13 janvier 2012, qui avait coûté la vie à 32 passagers, le Président du Conseil, Matteo Renzi, a lui-même tranché le 30 juin: l’épave du gigantesque navire de Costa Crociere (groupe Carnival) sera démantelée au port de Gênes.

The cost of the (wrong way) return has started. The date is not yet officially stated but the operation should start on 13 July and take five to seven days. Two and a half years after the shipwreck of 13 January 2012, which cost the lives of 32 passengers, the President of the Council, Matteo Renzi, was clear-cut on 30 June: the wreck of the gigantic ship of the Costa Crociere (Carnival group) will be dismantled in Genoa Port.

La direction de Costa Crociere a confirmé hier l’achèvement de l’installation du dernier caisson flottant (sur un total de 30) destiné à renflouer l’épave. «Toutes nos énergies sont concentrées pour conclure avec succès ce défi d’ingénierie sans précédent en respectant un engagement précis : l’enlèvement de l’épave du Concordia le plus tôt possible, dans le respect maximal de l’environnement et de la sécurité», a précisé hier le numéro un de Costa Crociere, Michael Thamm. Le dernier «voyage» du navire emploiera quatre jours de navigation.

The Costa management have confirmed they achieved the installation of the last floating balloon (out of a total of 30) destined to refloat the wreck. “all our energies are concentrated to conclude with success this engineering feat without precedent and observe exactly our interface: the moving of the Concordia wreck as early as possible, with maximum respect for the environment and safety”, specified yesterday the boss of Costa Crociere, Michael Thamm. The last “voyage” of the ship will be employed over four days navigation.

Malgré les craintes des écologistes qui parle d’une «poubelle flottante» et auraient préféré que l’épave soit démolie dans les ports, plus proches, de Piombino ou Civitavecchia, le choix du gouvernement s’est porté sur le port de Gênes, distant de 280 kilomètres. Coût prévisionnel de la démolition : 100 millions d’euros qui viendront s’ajouter à la facture d’un milliard d’euros consacrée au redressement et à la remise à flots de l’épave jusqu’ici. Une vidéo révèle le contenu des entrailles. En cas de délai imprévu, les autorités disposeront encore d’une fenêtre météo optimale comprise entre le 13 juillet et le 8 août pour ce genre d’opération.

Despite the complaints of ecologists who speak of a “floating bin” who would have preferred  that the wreck be demolished in a port, closer, of Piombino or Civitavecchia, the choice of the government is to bring it to Genoa, a distance of 280 kms. The provisional cost of the demolition: €100M which will be added to the invoice of a billion € already spent in recovering the wreck to date. A video reveals the extent of the damage. In the case of an unexpected delay, the authorities can avail of another optimal weather window between 13 July and 8 August for the operation.   

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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