What will happen to the Costa Concordia?

[Frankieola]

Was just wondering, What will happen to the ship? Will it be towed back to a dock and repaired, allowed to sink, or left where it is and be stripped bit by bit? Any sea faring folk who might know the answer, I'd be really glad to hear from you!

[boxtops]

They were talking about recovery at one point yesterday.

[Gromit]

Refloated, repaired and renamed.

Costa Lotalives

[Ann]

Sad but clever suggestion Gromit!

[Philtaz]

Salvage expert on BBC this morning reckons it'll be re-floated (if possible) then towed to a scrapyard.

[Ankou]

it is estimated that the decommissioning of the ship will cost the company about $95 million this year, even if the boat can eventually be salvaged, but its insured for $513m. unlikely that crnival criuses will want to keep it as a cruiser, even if they renamed it.

step aboard the boat what sank.....etc doesn't bode well for even the most most hardy seafaring tar.

[anotheoldgit]

Can't see how it can be re-floated in such shallow waters, I heard that it might have to be broken-up bit by bit.

[emmie]

it will go for salvage, how can you repair and restore a ship with the extreme damage it has sustained. The Italian rescue divers have been blowing holes in it to see if they can get better access looking for survivors, and who would want to sail on it again at any rate.

[RATTER15]

anotheoldgit, it floated in there, I imagine it wont take a lot to float it back out, well apart from a gaping big hole in its underbelly.

[anotheoldgit]

RATTER15

/// I imagine it wont take a lot to float it back out, ///

If that is so, you would have thought by now that they would have sealed the gash and floated it upright, to enable the search operation to take place more easily.

[andy-hughes]

Ratter - you do not need to be an expert in marine design to see that this ship is beyond salvage - if it were possible to right her and get her into a port, activity would have commenced with that aim in mind.

[d9f1c7]

Can't see how they could let it sink, it's already resting on the bottom!

[jackthehat]

It's not resting on the 'bottom'. It is precariously resting on some rocky outcrops hence the panic when it shifted yesterday.

[TWR]

The Mirror this morning stated, It is possible to re-float by welding the damaged area but where the ship now lye's they cannot see what further damage has been caused, they also said that Large Cranes MIGHT be used with the rescue, but as said who would like to sleep in a cabin that MIGHT have held deceased passengers.

[Canary42]

Since it probably still contains bodies, surely it should be treated with appropriate respect for the dead ?

[jomifl]

When ships are stuck on rocks, it is usual to make sure that they are firmly fixed where they are so that they don't grind themselves to pieces if the weather gets bad., This is usually done by flooding them. They can be patched up and floated off when conditions are most suitable. I can't think why if it can be floated to a dry dock it cannot be repaired re-fitted and re-commissioned. Worse cases than this have been fixed up.

[Gromit]

The Herald of Free Enterprise was refloated and towed to dock. It was hoped to sell her, but the damaged proved to be too great to make repairing her cost effective. While being towed to Taiwan for scrap, she began to sink and had to undergo emergency repairs to get her to her final destination.

The Concordia is a modern, state of the art ship. It is clear the company will not want to resail her, but the insurance company might want to sell her if the price is better than the scrap value.

[Hopkirk]

There's a storm coming, and she might slip into deeper water quite soon.

[modeller]

I would say help her to slip over edge and drop into 330ft of water.

However it would create a lot of work if it is refloated and broken up.