Costa Concordia News

The Costa Concordia has sat 300 metres off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio for 16 months and it appears it will be there about 7 more. The manager of the Titan Salvage operations to remove the ship, Todd Busch, said they'll tow away in December

Francesco Schettino, captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia when it hit a reef and partially sank early last year, tried to plea bargain with the prosecutors handling his case. Looking for a prison term of 3 years, 4 months, he was flatly turned down.

Italian and American companies, Micoperi and Titan Salvage, continue working on refloating the Costa Concordia. Last week the first of 30 giant 'boxes' was attached to a side of the doomed cruise ship.

Bollywood in the form of a film company from India that shoots in the Tamil language is going to Italy to make a movie about the disaster that was the Costa Concordia. However, they won't be able to film on the island of Giglio.

The disaster that was the Costa Concordia, which sank on Jan. 13, 2012 with the death of 32, continues to make news. Today, the Costa Crociere, a division of Miami-based Costa Carnival, owners of the ship, reached an out-of-court settlement.

The Costa Concordia disaster was 14 months ago and finally there is a complete plan to remove the ship. While it's been known for months they were refloating and towing it for dismantling, only now have Italian officials decided the port it will go to.

The expected was made official on Monday as Italian prosecutors in Grossetto, Tuscany, formally requested an indictment on the ill-fated Costa Concordia's captain, Francesco Schettino. Schettino was at the helm when the ship capsized on Jan. 13, 2012.

Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia on the night she hit a reef 300 metres from the shore of an island and partially sank, is in court trying to get his job back.

The date has changed 3 times, but it appears now the Costa Concordia, lying on its side in the Tuscan Bay 300 metres off of the Italian island of Giglio, won't be gone until the end of the summer. The ship is being refloated and towed for scrapping.

Giglio - One year ago today a cruise liner, the Costa Concordia, sank off the coast of Italy. 32 people died in the tragedy and today the anniversary has been marked.