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Costa Concordia completes final voyage to scrap yard

Costa Concordia completes final voyage to scrap yard

Rediff.com28 Jul 2014

The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship limped into the Italian port of Genoa on Sunday to be scrapped two-and-a-half years after it capsized in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.

$800 mn effort on to save shipwrecked Concordia

$800 mn effort on to save shipwrecked Concordia

Rediff.com17 Sep 2013

For the first time ever an operation to salvage a cruise ship as enormous as the Costa Concordia was put in motion on Monday off the coast of Italy, near the island of Giglio.

The final moments of Costa Concordia

The final moments of Costa Concordia

Rediff.com19 Jan 2012

The luxury liner, Costa Concordia, was carrying more than 4,200 people, many of whom were having dinner at the restaurant when it hit a reef or rock near the Tuscan Island of Giglio