Salvage Team Moves in on Costa Concordia
- 12 years ago
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The work to pump out the fuel from the stricken Costa Concordia Cruise liner has resumed. The operation is necessary to prevent an environmental disaster on the Italian coastline. Our Correspondent has more.
A salvage team has begun pumping out the fuel of Costa Concordia. The work has been delayed for a month due to bad weather along the Italian coastline.
The ship is lying on a underwater shelf and there are concerns the ship could slide down to the ocean floor or break up.
So far the ship has moved about 2 feet.
Scientists have placed a number of measuring devices to continuously monitor the movement of the ship.
[Sandro Moretti, Professor of Geomorphology]:
“The Boat has moved 60 centimeters towards the sea. We don't know if the shifting is a rotation or a settling of the ship on the floor of the sea or if it's creeping toward the sea."
Pumping out the 2500 tones of fuel oil from the ship will make it lighter and that can increase the risk of the ship moving.
Water will be pumped back in to keep the balance of the ship.
Scientists are using GPS and sensors to monitor any movement.
[Franco Oliveri, The Protection and Security of the Citizen, EU]:
“Our Sensors are able to detect movement in the millimeter range and we will give an immediate alarm if there's any movement above a threshold.”
The operation is estimated to take a month to complete and is necessary to prevent an environmental disaster on the Italian coastline.
NTD News, Giglio Island, Italy
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The work to pump out the fuel from the stricken Costa Concordia Cruise liner has resumed. The operation is necessary to prevent an environmental disaster on the Italian coastline. Our Correspondent has more.
A salvage team has begun pumping out the fuel of Costa Concordia. The work has been delayed for a month due to bad weather along the Italian coastline.
The ship is lying on a underwater shelf and there are concerns the ship could slide down to the ocean floor or break up.
So far the ship has moved about 2 feet.
Scientists have placed a number of measuring devices to continuously monitor the movement of the ship.
[Sandro Moretti, Professor of Geomorphology]:
“The Boat has moved 60 centimeters towards the sea. We don't know if the shifting is a rotation or a settling of the ship on the floor of the sea or if it's creeping toward the sea."
Pumping out the 2500 tones of fuel oil from the ship will make it lighter and that can increase the risk of the ship moving.
Water will be pumped back in to keep the balance of the ship.
Scientists are using GPS and sensors to monitor any movement.
[Franco Oliveri, The Protection and Security of the Citizen, EU]:
“Our Sensors are able to detect movement in the millimeter range and we will give an immediate alarm if there's any movement above a threshold.”
The operation is estimated to take a month to complete and is necessary to prevent an environmental disaster on the Italian coastline.
NTD News, Giglio Island, Italy