The American Titan Salvage and the Micoperi Italian rimuoveranno the property left at death one of Costa Concordia



The contest of contract for the removal of the property left at death one of the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the island of the Lily is won by the American society Titan Salvage (Crowley group) in collaboration with the Italian society Micoperi. Costa Crociere and the structure of the delegated commissioner for the emergency for the shipwreck of the ship have announced.

The plan introduced from Titan and Micoperi, that it is subject anchor to the final approval by the Italian authorities, previews the entire removal of the property left at death one, that it will be put in conditions of being able to float and to be pulled ahead. The removal will be the last phase of the operations of recovery of the property left at death one. "Defueling", that is the extraction of the fuel from the tanks, is finished with success 24th March; "caretaking", that it previews the cleansing of the seabed and the recovery of materials and detritus exited from the ship as a result of the incident, Titan Salvage will continue until and Micoperi will not begin their work. Once brought back in the conditions of being able to float, the property left at death one will be hauled in an Italian port. According to the forecasts, the work for the removal of the ship will begin the next month and their duration precautionary is estimated in about 12 months.

The crocieristica company has remembered that the plan has been chosen from a technical committee of appraisal composed from experts in representation of Costa Crociere, Carnival Corporation & plc, London Offshore Consultants and Standard P&I Club. Although all the six plans which reached within the expiration on March 3, 2012, of were elevated quality - Costa Crociere has explained - the technical committee of appraisal have favorite that of Titan Salvage/Micoperi because it answers mainly to main demanded requirement: entire removal of the property left at death one; smaller possible risk; minor possible environmental impact; safeguard of the tourist and economic activities of Isola del Giglio; maximum safety of the participations.

The protection of the atmosphere - it has emphasized the company - will have the maximum priority in the course of all the duration of the operations. Once completed the removal, provvederà to the cleansing of the backdrops and the restoration of the marine flora. The plan previews also measures for the safeguard of the tourist and economic activities of the island of the Lily. Moreover the presence of the staff who will work to the removal operations will not have meaningful consequences on the summery receptivity of the island: the operating base will be outside from the island, near Civitavecchia, where collections will come necessary equipment and materials for the participations, so as to avoid any impact on the activities of the tourist port of the Lily.

"We are many satisfying of being able to announce another important step in the operations of recovery of the property left at death one from Isola del Giglio", it has declared the president and managing director of Costa Crociere, Pier Luigi Foschi. "As already happened for the removal of the fuel - it has added - we have tried to characterize the better solution in order to safeguard the island and its marine atmosphere and to give back it as soon as possible to its inbred tourist vocation. We want moreover to thank the societies Smit Salvage and Tito Neri for the success in the operations of defueling and caretaking".