JULY 21, 2014 — Work to refloat the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia have been persevering with around the clock. By this morning, native time, about 11 meters of the wreck was above water, with 3 extra meters wanted to achieve the required draft for towing.
According to the Parbuckling Project, starboard sponson S4 was nearly in place with work in progress to decrease sponsons S5 and S14.
That doesn’t imply that the all has been going easily. At about 11 pm Saturday evening, a small quantity of hydrocarbons was noticed within the mid ship/aft of the wreck. The Oil Spill Response workforce was instantly activated and the world was cleaned by way of the usage of absorbent booms. There was no proof of leakage in progress.
