Slowly but Surely Concordia Convoy Pushes Ahead

 
The long-awaited departure of Costa Concordia began at around 11 a.m. yesterday morning.
The wreck is being towed by two tugs, under the escort of over a dozen other vessels, including two auxiliary tugs positioned aft, a pontoon with a 200-tonne crane, carrying personnel and equipment along with teams of environmental biologists.
The sailing route will take the vessels south between the island of Giglio and Giannutri before heading west-southwest to a point south of the island of Montecristo.
The convoy will then head west-northwest to a position south of the island called Scoglio d’Africa before crossing the Ligurian Sea to the Port of Genoa Voltri, as explained by the salvage team officials.

World Maritime News Staff, July 24, 2014