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Costa Concordia finally towed from Giglio

Posted on 23 July 2014. Tags: Carnival Corporation, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, cruise ship disaster, cruise ship wreck, engineering wonder, final tow, Genoa, Giglio, Italy, largest and most expensive maritime salvage operation in history, Parbuckling Project, raising Concordia, salvage, salvage operation, scrap, Titanic

It took over two-and-a-half-years, but the residents of the small Italian island of Giglio finally have their island back. Earlier today the wreck of the Costa Concordia was towed out to sea by several tugboats. Concordia is being towed…

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Amazing time lapse video of raising Costa Concordia

Posted on 27 September 2013. Tags: BBC, Carnival Corporation, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, Giglio, Italy, salvage operation, sunken cruise ship, time lapse video of raising the Costa Concordia, video

It took 19 hours for the salvage operations to raise and right the Costa Concordia and you can watch this amazing engineering feat in this 90-second time lapse video.

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Costa Concordia salvage operation set to raise ship today

Posted on 16 September 2013. Tags: Carnival Corporation, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, cruise ship disaster, cruise ship wreck, engineering wonder, Giglio, Italy, largest and most expensive maritime salvage operation in history, Parbuckling Project, raising Concordia, salvage, salvage operation, Titanic

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 months since the Costa Concordia accident off the Italian island of Giglio. Sadly the accident claimed the lives of 32 people and left the gigantic cruise ship half-sunk and resting on its…

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Coffee talk with John Heald

Posted on 25 June 2012. Tags: alpha team, Barcelona, blogger, Bloggers Cruise, Carnival Breeze, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Magic, code alpha, Costa Concordia, cruise critic sucks, Cruise Director, cruise ship, Dubrovnik, Europe, fire, Florence, french, Fun Ship 2.0, Fun ships, Guy Fieri, John Heald, latvians, mega ship, MES, Messina, Micky Arison, Mt. Etna, new ship, new ships, Palma Majorca, Rome, rumpy pumpy, safety measures, smoke, Splendor, Twitter, Venice, win prizes

This morning on Carnival Breeze I sat down with John Heald, Carnival’s Senior Cruise Director, Brand Ambassador, and Blogger extraordinaire to discuss a variety of topics. Find out what John likes best about the Carnival Breeze, what the new…

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Costa Concordia shipwreck being viewed by airline passengers

Posted on 29 March 2012. Tags: capsize, Carnival Corporation, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, death at sea, Giglio, island, shipwreck, tragedy, views from the air

When the Costa Concordia capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on January 13 it forever changed the cruise industry. Not only has it changed the cruise industry, but it has changed the coastal views of the island from…

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Fire extinguished on Costa Allegra

Posted on 27 February 2012. Tags: Asian cruising, China, Chinese, Costa Allegra, Costa Cociere, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, engine room, fire, generatior, Indian Ocean, Italian cruising, Italy, older ships, Pirates, Seychelles

A fire broke out in the generator room of the Costa Allegra leaving the vessel adrift in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles Islands. According to company reports there were no casualties from the fire as it was extinguished…

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