MAY 7, 2014– Efforts to prepare the accident of the Costa Concordia for refloating have actually encountered an additional issue.
As we reported formerly, the Titan Micoperi salvage consortium has actually started mounting the 19 sponsons that will certainly be utilized to refloat the cruise liner, making use of the Conquest MB1 crane barge.
Operations to set up the very first of the sponsons had actually finished when job was postponed April 30 as the board looking after the job looked for more details on prepare for the utmost disposal of the accident.
On May 2, Titan Micoperi obtained consent to return to the procedure and also 2 even more sponsons were mounted.
Yesterday, nevertheless, came the information that the very first sponson to be mounted had actually been knocked senseless of setting which, media records stated was because of a twisted chain.
Today, Titan Micoperi provided an upgrade on the issue that stated that the sponson is being maintained in setting with the assistance of the Conquest crane as professionals performing procedures to clear it of ballast water. It claims the scenario is presently controlled which the sponson will certainly be carried to a shipyard for technological analyses and also essential repair work.
This will certainly imply that the crane barge will certainly not be offered for more setup job till it has actually filled the harmed sponson onto the barge that will certainly take it to the shipyard.
When that is done, deal with mounting the continuing to be sponsons will certainly return to and also the very first sponson will certainly be re-installed later on.
The Titan Micoperi upgrade additionally keeps in mind that when the sponson obtained knocked senseless of location it created small problems to the surrounding sponson, which is currently being analyzed,
