It's always something, isn't it? Like clockwork, soon as you get settled in, BAM! Either management raises rent or the building gets refloated and towed away to be scrapped 🙃
@@terencejay8845normal price at like 0.22 cent per kg, it would be around 12 mil. But big batch orders with a guarantee of quality (i.e. less random other materials) should grant a lot lot more. It's recyclable yes, but it costs money due to the energy and labor cost which is why a lot of the value sinks, like the ship did.
@@OscarLT321 I've watched a few videos (where people think it's Captain error) of old ships being beached at recycling areas, and attacked by a small army of sandal-wearing men with oxy-cutters. I saw a rusted wrecked ship in Menorca in 1982, took photos, looked like it had been there for a while. Now, I can't find any trace of it, or any info, so I presumed it was chopped up in situ and not left as a tourist attraction. It was huge. Someone must be making money from recycling.
It was the Coastguard Gregorio de Falco. The radio exchange went viral and de Falco became a hero! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hz4M0JCznAc.html&ab_channel=OnDemandNews
My favorite was Scattino trying to explain how a wave had thrown him off the ship, completely against his will, and deposited him still resisting safely into a lifeboat.
Yeah, but what a wonderful chance to do some insane engineering! Of course, it helped enormously that it was a marine disaster waiting to happen. The Italian government and the cruiseship company wouldn't have liked the bad press associated with a environmental disaster.
@@BouncyStickman"the cost of Concordia" was a video by the Internet historian and it was revealed that it was a 1 to 1 copy of an article and then after more research so we're almost all of the Internet historian's videos
The engineering crew who were responsible for designing this method of recovering the wreck of the Costa Concordia were amazingly talented, not to mention the man who was in charge of controlling all of the many different facets of righting the ship and bringing it back to being upright (I don't want to say an even keel because that was never possible with the amount of water that was still trapped in the hull). Basically what I'm try to say is that this was an amazingly coordinated effort between many companies and crews. Even to this day in July of 2024 I am STILL amazed by how well coordinated and skillfully this salvage effort was successfully executed.
Agree. This was a remarkable salvage achievement working with the problem from scratch. Bringing together all the skills of different teams. When the Costa Concordia was built - and that was an achievement - they used plans, etc from other ships in the fleet. But for the salvage they had to work through ideas of how to solve an entirely new situation. Very clever bunch of guys here
using parbuckling, the US righted the USS Oklahoma ( Battleship BB-37) after it was capsized and sunk at Pearl Harbor 7 december 1941. they didnt have the threat of it sliding down any sheer rock wall that it was resting on but it's superstructure had gotten mired in the mud bottom of its mooring.
@@waterlinestoriesthat pinhead of a Captain (and I'm being polite) makes me embarrassed to be of Italian heritage, not only is he a complete idiot trying to impress some Italian bird, but a total coward not taking responsibility for his stupidity. Disgusting
All of this caused by a Captain that wanted to be a show off. Simply mind boggling. Everybody that was on the bridge that night should never be permitted to sail again.
You really think that ANYONE on the Bridge would disobey a direct order from the Captain? Ships do not operate like that. Never have done and never will. Yes, the Captain was a clown and a coward....but that is not the fault of the crew...more the company that employed him. (I suppose Mutiny on the Bounty....was an exception to that!)
@@patagualianmostly7437 To me, the crew were a bunch of lemons. Right from the start, once they knew his intentions, they should have plotted a safe passage. By not doing this, the captain probably assumed that they agreed with him. Toxic and incompetent management does not happen overnight.
It was more than that. He wasn't mentally incapable of comprehending his ordeal when it was happening. That's why he never took control of the situation and left the ship. It is the strongest form of human denial. That is why people died. If he wasn't such a coward, everyone could have been evacuated. The same thing happened with the crew of the Skorea ferry
@@mvd4436 I couldn't agree with you more. Some people rise to the top through competence, leadership by example, and adhering to the mission. And then there's this guy and everyone like him- masters of office politics. They never had to be good at anything besides stroking their boss's ego. So when a crisis hits, they react to their training, and they've trained to look after nobody but themselves. The rest is fait accompli.
From what I remember from the reporting at the time, it was just a matter of getting together the relevant resources and just doing it, all detail omitted which is normal for news. The actual story is so much more fascinating, and the cost is just eyewatering. Thank you, and keep on producing your excellent work!
One of the most horrific, but not well publicised passenger deaths occured in the vessel's Internet Café, which was located low down in the hull, below the waterline. A passenger was using the Internet Cafe when the grounding and massive hull rupture took place. The damage and inrushing water severed power to that part of the vessel, plunging it into darkness. There, in the pitch black confines of the hull, the fast approaching water caused increased pressure as it roared into every available space. The passenger would have heard the roaring water approaching, but may not have recignised what was causing it. Unfortunately, she was drowned where she sat in the Internet Cafe as it filled with water. This was entirely caused by the actions of the captain and the brudge crew who let him endanger the vessel and the lives of everyone on board. This captain and crew were as despicable as those of the Sewol, causing the loss of the vessel and being one of the first to leave the vessel...
Always amazes me how much ships degrade when left flooded like the Costa Concordia. You'd think it was there for decades by the corrosion and grime. Great video as always mate.
Something else to remember is that cruise ships are designed to last 20 years at best unlike most military ships that are designed and built to last at least double or triple that.
Wonderful video! I like to add a small correction, however. The Costa Concordia was not twice the size of the Titanic in terms of length as illustrated in this video, but rather in tonnage. The R.M.S. Titanic (1912) and the Olympic Class as a whole had an overall length of 883' and 9", while the Costa Concordia had an overall length of 952' and 1"; However, Costa Concordia is twice as larger than the Titanic in terms of tonnage with 114,500 Gross Registered Tons, while the Titanic was registered with around a 46,329 Gross Registered Tonnage. Once again, a wonderful video!
Such a tragic event? lol it didn’t even sink, it didn’t go down, it’s grounded on a reef, a little dramatic( maybe you should really look into some real tragic events
Gotta be honest, I am a pilot and 99.9% of my viewing content is aircraft. However that was brilliant. Seriously the best content I have seen in a long time (new subscriber BTW). There are some incredibly smart people out there and considering this whole thing was a 1 off and everything built for 1 purpose only - it's amazing it only cost $800 mill.
I read $800,000,000 to remove it and thought "no way it cost that much." Half way through the video im like "How the hell did this ONLY cost $800,000,000!??". This is crazy
to say that costa concordia was twice the size of titanic is a gross overstatement: it was twice as heavy, yes, but less than 10% longer. the picture at 1:35 is badly misleading
@@waterlinestoriesThat’s right! I wish you further success with your channel! You have a wonderful way to explain. Greetings from the south of Germany 🌊
That was a great video, I’m amazed at the engineering process and ability to be able to re float the ship with so many obstacles facing them. And I honor the memory of the salvage diver who lost his life in the process.
IIRC it was a wave! It knocked him off the ship and into the lifeboat and he couldn't get back to the ship for... excellent reasons! The Coast Guard commander couldn't seem to understand it, though, and just kept shouting at him to get back on board and do his job. :P
Another intresting ship salvage is The Vasa. Built and lost in 1628 she was salvaged and actually sailed by her own into the dockyard in 1961. She was the largest and gunheaviest ship of her time. The historic information we have gathered from her is some of the largest and especially unique due to her giving us the knowladge of how the old sails were made thanks to them surviving with her underwater for over 300 years.
Your channel is a true jewel of YT. Your presentation is flawless and fascinating because it's competent. I love your videos, thank you for your content!!
I was an Environmental Engineer for seven years. I love how consultants always choose the fancier term such as "de-fueled" when empty or "evacuate" would be just as meaningful.
Somebody de-fueld my car and some others on the street a few years ago by stabbing the tanks with a screwdriver. I think his wallet got re-monied that night too
Defueling is a pretty common technical term though. "empty" or "evacuate" would not be nearly as precise and need additional clarification that they are talking about the fuel tanks rather than anything else.
When I hear the word evacuate in the same sentence as a fluid I immediately think about the last time I had chilli and the evacuation of my bowels that followed😂😂
Truly an amazing modern maritime project. The sheer amount of technical knowledge, experience and skill that went into Schettino's Screwup is astounding. Schettino himself may be a tremendous embarrassment to Italians everywhere, but the rest of his countrymen in recovering the ship and keeping the area pristine from spilled oil and preserving the ecology is impressive and world class. Well Done!
The days was part of the build of the Conquest MB 1 crane, i coul'd not imagine it would be part of such a historical event. As it was wonderfull to build such a nice big pontoon crane
I was expecting a bit more about the people of the island and the salvage crew, I remember reading something about how they developed a bond and it was very emotional for them when the fugly sight of the wreck finally disappeared from their lives, could have milked this a bit more lol make part 2, the human cost of the costa concordia
You should do a video on the salvage of the us pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. Drachinfel did a video on it but I think you can probably do one as well with your unique presentation.
I'm honestly amazed - I read about the parbuckling method in the planning stage, and thought nothing more than "Okay, that looks good". I didn't realise that what it actually meant was months of preparation and then it all happening in the space of a day once the word was given.
Very well done video. Thank you. Such an incredible feat is a testament to the Italian government and the skill of the companies and workers who accomplished it. Bravo.
not sure how i found your channel a few days ago, but i watched several videos and impressed with the info, quality and production of them. Nice job. Subscribed!
The marine biologist bit blew my mind as an American. The level of detail for this operation and the care and consideration for even the individual organisms in the local marine environment is just so unfathomable while living in a country that is decimating as many of its oldest nature reserves/refuges as it can for oil and gas operations.
I find salvage stories absolutely fascinating. There is so much engineering involved and things to take in account. Wonder how much they managed to recover through the dismantling and selling off the steel….
Thanks for this! It put into very simple terms the technical elements of it. I think the blister sisters neck brace thing was my fave thing to hear about It reminds me of my money counter. The calibration on it kept being off possibly because of the kind of desk I have so we had to put a "tempurpedic" (as it was described to me) underneath it to help mitigate the vibrations we thought might be messing it up!
2:00 I would think that having a ship wreak in your front yard would drive tourism through the roof. To say nothing of the crew who was removing the ship spending money in the town.
Man I could feel the tediousness in all of this but I'm glad it was handled in a way in which it truly worked out. I remember hearing about this thing up until 2014 and I kept thinking will this ever be over!? I'm glad this gives us a view into how it all went down. I couldn't have imagined
Can someone show how this was financially feasible? Was this like some 3D multilevel chess game between owners,insurance companies,salvagers and the government?
Shipping companies/owners have a very specific type of insurance called P&I (Protection and Indemnity) that covers things like this. I'm not saying for a second that their insurance paid it all out, but they were legally liable for it.
