Bay company aids massive wreck salvage
As survivors and relatives commemorated the anniversary of the Costa Concordia which ran aground off Italy a year ago, a Port Elizabeth man has been doing his bit as part of a multibillion-rand operation to salvage the wreckage.
Kevin Kelly, who owns environmental spill response operator Xtreme Projects, has secured a contract as part of the R3.2-billion project to salvage the luxury passenger liner which ran aground off the Isola del Giglio island on January 13 last year.
Of the more than 4200 passengers on board, 32 died.
The vessel – nearly three times the size of the Titanic – lies spanned between two reefs and experts fear it might break in half as the winter intensifies.
The salvage plan is to roll the capsized vessel upright onto platforms before refloating it and moving it away from the shore.
The salvage – which started in May last year – has been described by experts as the toughest in modern history.
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