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Refloat of Italy's Concordia wreck to be biggest ever

ROME (Reuters) - Salvage crews will employ huge cranes and air tanks to refloat the half-submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner in the largest ever operation of its kind, according to a plan unveiled on Friday. Estimated to cost at least $300 million, the work is expected to begin within a few days and last about a year, said the ship's operator Costa Cruises, owned by Carnival Corp & Plc. The ...

Italy outlines biggest ship salvage in history

The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship will be removed from an Italian island by February next year after the biggest salvage operation in history, according to a plan outlined in Rome on Friday. ...

The $300m operation to raise the Concordia (but there's no Plan B)

The "unprecedented" operation to refloat and remove the sunken Costa Concordia cruise ship will be the most ambitious effort of its kind ever attempted and will cost at least $300 million, it was disclosed Friday.

Concordia refloat 'largest in history'

Salvage crews will employ huge cranes and air tanks to refloat the half-submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner in the largest ever operation of its kind, according to a plan unveiled on Friday. read more

'Unprecedented' operation to refloat stricken Costa Concordia to cost £200 million

The "unprecedented" operation to refloat and remove the crippled Costa Concordia will be the most ambitious effort of its kind ever attempted and will cost at least £200 million,