Video of first 10 degrees here: Time-lapse: Costa Concordia wreck raised 10 degrees - Video on NBCNews.com

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An Italian marine contractor attempting to salvage an Italian cruise ship.....what could go wrong? It already sank.......:rolleyes:

It's cool but it's also seriously boring TV. That time lapse helped. :D

Ian

A week long unedited mini-series version would still be an improvement over most TV :D

They got it upright. Live feed here: Costa Concordia: Live video of the massive salvage operation | National Post

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Something tells me there will be more than just a few celebratory beverages drank, and well deserved.

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Shuffleboard on the Lido Deck at 2:00.

Pretty amazing bit of engineering and ingenuity. However, at $800MM+ for the salvage operation, I think somebody (and/or their insurance co.) is getting screwed.

+1 What's the scrap value of that boat? No were near $800M IMO

Seems like a pretty huge waste of time and money, for something that is going to be scrapped.

It can't be left there. And just dragging it out to sink would damage a lot of coral. The cruise line has to do the right thing and remove it properly. That's a fair amount of scrap metal, too. Nothing to sneeze at, for sure.

Btw, there are 2 bodies still missing. If raising the ship locates them, it's money well spent, imho.

Now THAT'S funny right there!

Maybe the hold is full of doubloons

They're expending so much effort on the "salvage" because this is up close and personal in a high-profile tourist area, so any environmental damage would be very visible and bad for PR. If this had happened in China, India, some other 3rd-world country like Detroit, they would have simply cut it up on the spot, enviro damage be damned.

Good point.

Just figured it would have been cheaper to do a on the spot dismantle.

This was a cool salvage op: How To Salvage A Sunken Car Freighter

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One of the news reports said the boat was worth $800 million.

They also said it weighs 115,000 tonne's

I got $150 a ton last week

So under $20 million for scrap.

Sawed right through (rather substantial) flywheel and turbocharger:

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