GIGLIO ISLAND Italy - Maneouvres began early on Wednesday to remove
the rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise liner from the Italian
island where it struck rocks and capsized two years ago, killing 32
people.
A convoy of 14 vessels, led by the tug boat Blizzard, will start to tow the Concordia later on Wednesday to a port near Genoa in northern Italy where it is due to arrive on Sunday, before being broken up for scrap.
The once-gleaming white luxury liner sank off the holiday
island of Giglio in January 2012 after sailing too close to shore. Its
wreck has remained there ever since as engineers embarked on one of the
largest maritime salvage operations in history.
A convoy of 14 vessels, led by the tug boat Blizzard, will start to tow the Concordia later on Wednesday to a port near Genoa in northern Italy where it is due to arrive on Sunday, before being broken up for scrap.