Costa Concordia says goodbye

Reef collision in 2012 seals Costa Concordia fate

Costa Concordia makes its final journey as preparations are made for its scrapping. Following its collision with a reef, the ship has been announced as withdrawn from the circuit.

Primarily, the initiative for several refloating attempts has been issued as the Italian authorities wished to opt for a repair rather than the actual withdrawal.

The refloating of Costa Concordia has been a rather troublesome issue with no positive results for a 30 day trail period. The vessel is headed for Genoa where it will be transformed into scraps.

The operation of transferring the damaged ship to the Genoa port will go to the records as one of the largest maritime salvages ever.

Costa Concordia is the ship that struck reef while cruising around Giglio in January 2012. The boat capsized, a maneuver during which 32 people have lost their lives.

The missing body of Russel Rebello, an Indian waiter serving on the ships has yet been recovered as investigators hoped to retrieve it during the ships refloating.

Refloating is possible due to gigantic buoyancy chambers placed underneath the ship.

More than 12 ships aided in towing the cruise ship to Genoa where it will be dismantled.

Costa Crociere, the company owning Costa Concordia have announced a total cost of £1.2 billion for the towing of the ship.