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Tourists invited to tour Costa Concordia

Now any tourist for just 10 euros can get to the new attraction of Genoa - a huge cruise ship, which crashed in 2012.

Only a few weeks after the wrecked ship Costa Concordia made its last journey and found refuge in the port of Genova, local authorities invited tourists to visit the ship with a guided tour. For only 10 euros, residents and visitors can get to the giant sunken off the coast of the island of Giglio, where they will be delivered on boats specially designated for this purpose.


The organizers of the tour told that their proposed event is designed for an hour. Boats with tourists will depart from the old harbor of Genoa at exactly noon, from where they will bring everyone who wants to visit the ship to the industrial port of Pra-Voltri, which is located in the vicinity of the city. Visitors are also promised the opportunity to view a wrecked ship before dismantling begins.
The huge ship, whose weight is more than 115 tons, will be dismantled in the port of Genoa, where it was built in 2005 by the Italian company Finantieri.

Eighty percent of the liner will be sent for processing with a view to further use, i.e. about 40,000 - 50,000 tons of steel will be melted and then used to produce parts for new ships and building materials. Hundreds of kilometers of copper, which was contained in kilometers of wires on Costa Concordia, will be sent for recycling, and kitchen equipment from the liner and other appliances will also be recycled.

In total, the process of dismantling a sunken ship, which according to preliminary estimates will take about 22 months, will involve more than a thousand specialists from 50 companies.


The tragedy that occurred in January 2012 claimed the lives of 32 people, and hundreds of eyewitnesses still haunt the nightmares of that terrible night. The huge ship left Giglio in July this year after a large-scale operation to bring it upright and loading it onto a special platform. All the stages of preparing Costa Concordia for his last trip took two years and hundreds of professionals and cost in excess of two billion euros.


The cruise ship crashed on the night of January 12 to 13 after the captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino, ordered the ship to sail as close to the island as possible to salute the former ship's captain. Skettino is currently under investigation, in which he was charged with negligent homicide, as well as the fact that he left the ship. If his guilt is proven, the captain of Costa Concordia could go to jail for 20 years.

Watch the video: Costa Concordia Walkthrough Weeks Before Sinking. (November 2024).

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