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Dates for removing the Costa Concordia from its perch 300 metres from the Italian island of Giglio have come and gone but the cruise liner hasn't moved. In fact the next stage, rotating the ship, has yet to happen, though it likely will happen soon.
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Tests released to the public on the island of Giglio in the Tuscan Bay reveal that water quality around the partially-submerged Costa Concordia is good. The tests reveal that the water by the ship is of the same quality as elsewhere in the area.
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As I write we are but two weeks shy of the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. Naturally the date won't get the attention that the 100 year anniversary did, but it’s worthy of note.
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The Bulgarian technician credited with saving hundreds of lives on the Costa Concordia has been named his country's 'Man of the Year'. The award was handed out Monday at the Inter Expo Center in Sofia and Petar Petrov's wife and son accepted it for him.
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More than two months of hearings are over and prosecutors in Grosetto, Italy looking into the tragedy of the Costa Concordia have concluded the case should go to a criminal trial. They will file a request for an indictment by the end of January.
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Costa Cruises, the owner/operator of the Costa Concordia, which went down nearly a year ago with the loss of 32 passengers and crew, is building a replacement. The construction of the 132,500 ton Costa Diadema began in Italy Monday.
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The company that owns the Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, has put up a website detailing the progress of the salvage operation. The ship sank off the shore of the Italian island of Giglio on Jan. 13 and is being refloated.
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The day of reckoning comes fast for Francesco Schettino, captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia. Preliminary hearings for his impending trial start Monday; he's charged with manslaughter, contravening laws of the sea and abandoning his ship.
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The ocean liner Allegra, from the same fleet as the ill-fated Costa Concordia, is on the seller's block with a likelihood it will be sold for scrap. The ship is much smaller than the Concordia at 28,500 tonnes and carries 820 passengers.
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The biggest lawsuit to arise over the sinking of the Italian cruise liner, the Costa Concordia, was launched in a New York court this week. The suit seeks $400 million from Carnival Corp. and Costa Crociere for "serious negligence."
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The captain of the Costa Concordia, the ill-fated Italian cruise ship that capsized Jan. 13 off the Italian island of Giglio, spoke with U.S. media for the first time this week and his at-times rambling talk produced little clarity.
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A memorial to mark the six-month anniversary of the Costa Concordia tragedy, and pay tribute to the 32 who died, was conducted at the site on the Italian island of Giglio July 13. Family members of victims came to the island to honor their loved ones.
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The tragic sinking of the Costa Concordia is not preventing the ship's operator, Costa Cruises, from increasing the bookings they're getting on other lines. The cruise lines parent company said sales are up from this time last year.
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A first mechanic of the Costa Concordia, who saved over 500 people from the listing and sinking cruise ship, was awarded the European Union's highest prize of achievement this week. The award to Peter Petrov, a Bulgarian, was announced in Brussels.
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The communications head for Costa Cruises, the owner/operator of the Costa Concordia, the half-sunk liner off the Italian island of Giglio in the Tuscan Bay, has released a timeline of the work they're doing to refloat the boat.
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More than two months after the Italian liner, the Costa Concordia, hit rocks near the island of Giglio and sunk, 5 more bodies have been found. It brings the number of bodies recovered to 30 with 2 still missing and presumed to have drowned.
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After the cruise from hell, passengers are finally able to disembark from the Costa Allegra after the vessel was left drifting without power following a fire in an engine room.
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Victoria -
Indian Ocean (Nearing Seychelles) - A small (295-foot) French fishing ship is currently towing the disabled Costa Allegra Cruise ship towards the island of Seychelles (population 86,000,) and not expected to arrive until Thursday.
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The Costa Allegra cruise ship that got into trouble following an engine room fire on Monday Feb. 27 is being towed to one of the islands in the Seychelles archipelago.
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A sister ship of the doomed Costa Concordia is adrift powerless off the coast of the Seychelles following a fire, believed to have started in a machine room.
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The sinking of a massive cruise liner and deaths of some 34 passengers and crew - and other costs such as clean-up and bad press - is proving to be enough of a disaster to sink a cruise company in loss of profits.
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An update of the Costa Concordia disaster has the company that operated the ship, Costa Cruises, announcing it has asked 10 specialist companies to submit tenders on removing the massive cruise liner.
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Costa Cruises, operator of the grounded Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, in an effort to ward off lawsuits, has made an offer of money to passengers. The company offered each 11,000 euros.
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The capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, half submerged on the rocks off the Tuscan coast of Italy
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