Boatlopnik! The Concordia will not be towed, it will be put on a ship(!)

"Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French" (Tentacle) 10/10/2013 at 07:06 • Filed to: None

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So, no towing of that former cruise ship. Instead, the largest semi-submersible ship (normally used for transporting oil rigs) will be used to lift the Concordia from the water and transport it to whereever it is where she'll be scrapped.

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Press release !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

That "artist 3D rendering" doesn't do the ship justice really. Here is another one for some perspective:

McMike > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 10/10/2013 at 07:21

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I would like to see a break down to how this works.

The effort and expense that goes into salvaging a ship baffles me. Obviously, the money in scrap outweighs the cost of the salvage, right?

Now, I say they clean up a few rooms and sell THIS cruise. How cool would that be?

505Turbeaux > McMike 10/10/2013 at 07:43

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hell I would be down for that. Unfortunately your last port would be this

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > McMike 10/10/2013 at 07:45

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I think the effective cost of the salvage (so costs minus the scrap value) has to be less than the economic and ecologic damage that would result from leaving the ship in its place against that rocky shore where she ran aground. Even if the numbers don't add up completely, a salvaging company will see this as a high profile event, so there is Public Relations value in this whole affair too.

Leaving it beached there would be a long term threat to fishing and tourism for the island for decades to come. Just guessing, but that would be the main factor in opting for salvage.

Happy Panda > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 10/10/2013 at 08:03

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Proud to be Dutch now, still being good at shipping after so much time and with such stiff competition.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 10/10/2013 at 08:37

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Different (smaller) ship but similar, here's the USS Cole on its transport ship -

and lurking in the back ground....

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ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > Clown Shoe Pilot 10/10/2013 at 09:59

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those jack stands though.

desertdog5051 > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 10/10/2013 at 10:50

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I saw a cost of $800 million to do the salvage. Can't be that much value in scrap. But it has to be done.

Lorinserc230 > McMike 10/10/2013 at 11:57

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Definitely not economically beneficial to scrap it, no way they are going to make money. There is a reason the insurance company is doing this, not the cruise line. They are required to by environmental regulations.

Dusty Ventures > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 10/10/2013 at 13:05

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Semi-subs are way too awesome

McMike > Lorinserc230 10/11/2013 at 11:51

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I meant the value of scrap vs just cleaning it up and sinking it.