Livorno Daily Photo: Ril

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The tug “Ril” has towed in port a barge of huge containers called sponsons, which will be used to float the “Costa Concordia” during her coming salvage, probably next summer.

External links: Risky Rescue: A Year After It Sank, Raising the Costa Concordia (The Daily Beast)
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Michelle said...: A hardworking vessel.; March 20, 2013 at 12:28 AM
Randy said...: Nice shot.; March 20, 2013 at 2:21 AM
Jack said...: That is going to be quite a salvage operation.; March 20, 2013 at 2:33 AM
Lois Evensen said...: Cool. We are watching that story, too. What a mess that is.; March 20, 2013 at 3:24 AM
cieldequimper said...: Will you be documenting it?; March 20, 2013 at 8:19 AM
Dina said...: A strong- and serious-looking tug it is.
Moving the Costa Concordia will be a huge and dangerous job but will produce great photos. I'll bet the residents of the island will be glad not to see that sad reminder off their coast anymore.; March 20, 2013 at 8:49 AM
Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan blogger said...: Are all those safety rings a good sign or a bad sign?!
Duncan In Kuantan; March 20, 2013 at 10:09 AM
VP said...: ciel - It will take days and it is quite far from here...

Duncan - Many of these service boats use tires to soften any impact with other vessels when maneuvering.; March 20, 2013 at 3:02 PM
Traveling Hawk said...: Bright orange! That's a good contrats with the white part.; March 21, 2013 at 10:46 PM