The $800,000,000 Salvage of Costa Concordia

[@MLennholm]

What an insane operation in terms of manpower, time and resources, all caused by one jackass

[@waterlinestories]

So true

[@BrianWMay]

As ever was . . . they're usually politicians though.

[@MarijnRoorda]

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.

[@Low_fee.6937]

It created jobs

[@K-D-9]

Just to show off in front of his crew dancer that he's banging

[@TheColton0117]

Imagine being a fish chilling in your interior cabin room then your ship reverse sinks

[@davepowell7168]

Sharpwit 😂

[@bertbaker7067]

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 🙃

[@87vortex87]

Imagine fish already had this conversation on fishtube.

[@garethm54]

On the other end of the spectrum...imagine being a lobster awaiting your fate as dinner that evening, and then bammm...ship goes down and you're back home :)

[@bertbaker7067]

@@garethm54 lol, I like that

[@Cindoreye]

Human greatness built the ship, human incompetence sunk it, and human ingenuity salvaged it. Pretty standard for human history, actually.

[@GrimaceCX]

Top comment 😂😂😂😂

[@karlavelo2482]

If only we could skip the incompetence part. Imagine where humanity would be without all the waste and destruction due to all those Schettinos ...

[@Willburys]

The same as the Titanic!

[@lcfflc3887]

How do we get rid of the incompetent humans?

[@rollvideo]

On one hand humans can be clever, on the other:dumb as dog$@1#

[@frankpinmtl]

Captain Francesco Schettino: "I will do an impressive sail-by" - followed by "I will arrange for an impressive rescue from shore" - followed by "I have created impressive jobs in the salvage industry"

[@rtqii]

Domnica Cemortan was not impressed, nor was his wife Fabiola.

[@randymagnum143]

Captain spaghetti-0 Daboopi

[@jacob.s3619]

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

[@hamish3766]

Was thinking the same. I think they said it cost $800,000,000 'already' before it even got to the disassembly stage

[@stephbarbershop2518]

Imagine in todays money

[@gerard4039]

Corruption 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@chantelrhine8965]

Because they also kept the ship which in scrap is worth more than 800 mil

[@stephbarbershop2518]

@@chantelrhine8965 It's worth about 9cents a pound after you get it to the scrap yard.

[@jjosephm7539]

The Italian Captain of the Port telling Captain Scattino that he would ruin his life -Priceless

[@Bulletguy07]

It was the Coastguard Gregorio de Falco. The radio exchange went viral and de Falco became a hero! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nquXfmOAeN-hd8U&ab_channel=OnDemandNews

[@danielfox9461]

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.

[@sysbofh]

That guy got REALLY pissed off.

[@SaintGold]

I hate to be that guy, but it's "Schettino", pronounced "sketteeno" (sort of)

[@lbgstzockt8493]

@@SaintGold I will pronounce it shittino from now on

[@BucksSuperStereoWorld]

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.

[@waterlinestories]

I Absolutely agree

[@nigelh3253]

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

[@truthsayers8725]

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.

[@bighammer3464]

Very talented except for the fact that the salvage estimate they gave was 300 million and they went a tad over

[@Paui-yb2cp]

​@@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

[@glennhodgson6639]

The irony of getting an ad for a cruise on this video is not lost on me...

[@waterlinestories]

🤣 you’re not the only one

[@dicky7600]

Its not irony, it's spying.

[@boowiebear]

The scope of this project is unbelievable to me. Great video.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@lcfflc3887]

Very little detail about the diver who died during the operation.

[@sarahconnor8189]

I cannntttttt imagine.

[@GaryScottPhotographer]

$570 million to build. Over $800 million to scrap it.

[@ironmantooltime]

Oopsie

[@terencejay8845]

I wonder what the salvage value was of the 55,000 tonnes of scrap metal.

[@OscarLT321]

​@@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.

[@terencejay8845]

@@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.

[@janb.8561]

similar to nuclear energy

[@thaiexodus2916]

That was an outstanding presentation. No drama, just the facts.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks👌🏻

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

Seriously, a great presentation

[@PaulOldfield-ne6rg]

Fantastic lesson in how to present (a fantastic engineering lesson). 👏

[@waterlinestories]

@PaulOldfield-ne6rg thanks 👌🏻

[@knijn]

Like how the Costa Concordia is twice the size of the Titanic while the Costa Concordia was 290 meters long and the Titanic was 270 meters long. Facts?

[@mattilindstrom]

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!

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@AppFanta]

Cost of Concordia

[@leocurious9919]

If only that youtuber would not be a so shitty, seeing how he blatantly copied someone else and acts like nothing happened.

[@BouncyStickman]

​@@leocurious9919 please elaborate.

[@Seborah21]

​@@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

[@BouncyStickman]

​@@Seborah21Thanks for the constructive reply. I have watched all his stuff, and will look into this.

[@Seborah21]

@@BouncyStickman hbomberguy has an in depth video somewhere

[@DeffoZappo]

800 million 😮 That horrendous captain is the gift that keeps on giving 😅

[@waterlinestories]

😳 Yep

[@skepticalmagos_101]

Wonder if they would send a bill as a prank to him..

[@henkmagnetic3103]

@nathankettle357 - Because he is now of limited means, court has ordered him to pay US$50.- p/m. restitution to costs.

[@tarn1135]

It’s a how can we squeeze more money out of this job? Type thing.

[@ελευθερία-ε2ο]

Don't forget the cost of the ship and the lives lost 😮

[@OhNotThat]

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!

[@chrisgoblin4857]

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.

[@boathousejoed1126]

Salt water is no joke.

[@stedydubdetroit]

Yeah they should really use the dental resins that work for us in the dental field. Plastics designed for brute force and moisture. 👍🏽

[@burntnougat5341]

​@@stedydubdetroitthat wouldn't be economically friendly on such a scale

[@DeffoZappo]

The ocean is alive. It's like one single organism. All the microbes and everything in it, it's like being digested in a stomach

[@gullreefclub]

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.

[@randomperson8695]

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.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

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!)

[@rienkhoek4169]

Not that much has changed since Titanic i guess.

[@wilsjane]

@@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.

[@Toro_Da_Corsa]

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

[@randomperson8695]

@@Toro_Da_Corsa 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.

[@vintagethings9187]

A story of incredible skill and perseverance well told.

[@felixcat9318]

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 recognised 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 bridge 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...

[@Me-zo8yc]

Horrible way to go 😔

[@trentvlak]

Did you know this passenger?

[@someweirdidiot8736]

he oh ooh III ppl oh 😢😢😢😢 Ppl oo😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@felixcat9318]

@@trentvlak Thankfully not.

[@hawaiiaerialvisionsllc5373]

Two women were found in the cafe.

[@Hughes500]

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.

[@HardLineElektron]

Never thought I was interested in marine catastrophes but I just love your videos!

[@waterlinestories]

🤣 it has a certain draw to it.

[@HardLineElektron]

@@waterlinestoriesThat’s right! I wish you further success with your channel! You have a wonderful way to explain. Greetings from the south of Germany 🌊

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks. And greetings from Niedersachsen

[@HardLineElektron]

@@waterlinestories😅 almost a „Landsmann“!

[@ianmangham4570]

I'll always remember the captain getting told to reboard the ship.😮

[@georgk7390]

Yeah the Port Captain is a real Man of Honour

[@skittlesandfriends5710]

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.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Yes...that was a downside indeed. RIP fella. It's a damn dangerous job at the best of times....all that wreckage about.

[@danielkarlsson9326]

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.

[@TrueMechTech]

Well, it sank BECAUSE it was the gunheaviest, turns out you can't just "put more cannons on it"

[@Jordan-sy7my]

​@@TrueMechTechokay

[@s70driver2005]

​@TrueMechTech Yes Democracy Officer this guy right here!!!

[@ChrisA.Snyder]

Decades ago I got to tour the Vasa museum, built around the ship, which is where I'm thinking you must be getting your info about it. The museum is an architectural and engineering marvel too. The Vasa was a lesson on the perils of making a ship too top heavy; if you do that and a wave starts tipping her sideways, she just keeps rolling until she is upside down and sinking, so there were lots of parallels with the Costa Concordia. The science and art of ship salvage seems far more expensive than just building the ship in the first place, which is probably why these historic ship wrecks have just been left on the bottom of the oceans or lakes rather than trying to salvage them; only recently have we had the tech and resources to salvage old ships. I was particularly impressed by the amount of lifeforms draping all the interior surfaces of the C.Concordia as they were salvaging it; that seems a huge amount of growth of lifeforms in just around 2 years time, so the Vasa must have been almost unrecognizable under the burden of colonizing lifeforms!

[@heikedrakakis8988]

Was about to go to sleep and now I get the treat of a Waterline bed time Story 😀

[@waterlinestories]

😂

[@marting1056]

i hope you are not on board a cruise ship, waiting for sleep....

[@donhaze8131]

I always sleep well on my waterbed.

[@marting1056]

@@donhaze8131 your answer sounds like a "cliffhanger" - waiting for something to happen

[@Mike-01234]

Insane how one man caused so much damage and death. Not one other person on that bridge did a thing to stop him.

[@williamcope2652]

DEI, don’t employ Italians, Tony.

[@creid7537]

Lol 3:44 discussing containment booms, and showing an image of one clearly not containing. A slight graze to my dark funny bone. Good video - enjoyed.

[@waterlinestories]

😂

[@benediktmorak4409]

maybe behind the containment boom they had set up another boom to contain the containment?

[@creid7537]

@@benediktmorak4409 Ah, yes... the old containing the containment of the containment boom trick. I should've known.

[@benediktmorak4409]

@@creid7537 that is the way it is being done...he.he,he,

[@RD851000]

Yeah noticed that too😂

[@Arsenic71]

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!!

[@waterlinestories]

Brilliant. Thanks for that

[@ThomasAndrewsProject]

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!

[@Drewcardello]

Yeah that diagram wasn't even close.

[@peterwilson7532]

I remember my brain giving off error messages at that point as I was following the story. So thanks for pointing that out with the correct figures.

[@bewareofthedawwg8765]

Looking for this comment. I respectfully disagree that this is a "small correction", as I am sure you're trying to be diplomatic. Getting the scale that far off is quite sloppy, and would imply to the viewer that the Titanic was less than 500', which is a massive error.

[@badcrumble1]

Just to chuck in a bit of a curveball, that's the GT of the Concordia rather than the GRT, so even that's not a like-for-like comparison!

[@marcoosvald8429]

This may have been the largest "Single ship salvaged", but the largest salvage operation in history was raising the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor.

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

I remember watching a very informative TV doc with my dad, shortly after the operation was completed. This video's also really well-done and goes into more detail on the environmental measures. Can't help but think it's a shame I can't expect as much from national TV anymore

[@jordanrussell345]

Thank you for another great release! I look forward to your videos every time! They genuinely make my day when I see one!

[@waterlinestories]

Amazing. Thanks for the great feedback

[@Ont785]

Probably one of the most fascinating savage operations I’ve ever seen in my entire life. The scope of human ingenuity, and engineering was insane

[@gerhardvaneeden5615]

Two South Africans (and probably more) involved here: Sloane, the project manager, and the narrator. Good on ya!

[@waterlinestories]

🤣 slowly taking over the world

[@gerhardvaneeden5615]

@@waterlinestories Ha ha, not quite! Maybe in rugby, but not much else.

[@waterlinestories]

😂

[@4dogsgaming]

Man's innovation always amazes me when I see projects of this magnatude. The people who came up with this process to raise this ship are brilliant.

[@Zealot_of_Omnissiah]

Please make more of these salvage/ marine construction videos, they are very informative

[@waterlinestories]

I'll try

[@KandeShack]

The fact that they have all these incredible engineers and the tools and equipment to deal with something like this disaster. Blows my mind!

[@ilmaurizetazetaerre]

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

[@JUSTTSUN]

Frfr titanic was literally 269m long

[@hedonismbot1508]

Plus, "twice the size of the Titanic" is medium-size by modern cruise ship standards.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

Glad someone else noticed that.

[@stephennowlan2637]

Actually, the two vessels weight were very similar, both having displacement in the 50,000 ton range. Gross Registered Tonnage, or just GT now a days, is where they differ substantially. Gross tonnage is not a measure of weight, but actually the total volume of the vessel, each GT being about 2.8m3. This number is 46,329 for Titanic and 114,147 for Concordia making her almost 2.5 times the size. Length is only one dimension of a ship and can’t define size alone. Weight or mass of a ship is also a poor description of size. Does a supper tanker get bigger when it loads 300,000 tons of oil since all the things loaded into the ship contribute to its displacement? Volume is the most relevant aspect of a ship to compare sizes and is often a factor in the fees charged for canal passage for example. Agreed however, that the graphic in the video misrepresents the size difference between the vessels. The best view that clearly shows the vast size difference is from the bow (front on).

[@JeffBenoit-h1r]

@@hedonismbot1508 This does not have anything to do with anything here. He was comparing 2 ships, choosing one known by most as reference.

[@DeffoZappo]

Just wanted to add that your audio is perfect on this

[@exlibrisas]

Concordia's cousin "Costa Fascinosa" sometimes visits a port in my city. The ship is huge in person. Can imagine salvaging Concordia is no small task.

[@williamcope2652]

Navy diving and salvage here, in 1979 I was part of a team of Navy diving and salvage members from Harbor CLEARANCE unit two to remove a ship from the Florida Alabama coastline. It was a mine sweeper tender that a hurricane blew out of its mornings. It was there in the Gulf of Mexico for smart bomb testing. It took us two months. The head of the operation was master chief Stephen Radecki, if you look up the movie men of honor with Cuba Gooding Junior you’ll see that Master chief Steven Radecki had both cameo roles in the movie and was a technical advisor, he was a very good and close friend to master chief Carl Brashear, who I met briefly at my time at Harbor Clarence unit two during his retirement party.

[@waterlinestories]

Wow. Always great to read some extra little details from people who’ve been there and done that. Thanks for sharing

[@cdv1qa]

I watch a lot of nonsense on KZbin but this video was absolutely fascinating

[@waterlinestories]

👌🏻 thanks

[@damianmousley2098]

This was a fantastic episode. I had no idea of what was involved. Amazing detail. Well done !

[@waterlinestories]

👌🏻

[@jakemitchell3535]

Thanks for the upload!!! Friday night starts off good!

[@cliffbonds1472]

The story of this ship going down is truly amazing. Glad to see how they salvaged such a tragic event.

[@OriginalCoalRollers]

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

[@SpaceMoviePopcorn]

32 lives were lost. Some would call that tragic ​@@OriginalCoalRollers

[@gabbyn978]

@@OriginalCoalRollers and 32 people lost their lives because of an unnecessary move by captain Schettino. In my eyes, this _is_ tragic.

[@gjustg1540]

​@OriginalCoalRollers pretty tragic when multiple people just on a holiday lose their lives due to someone else's vanity

[@OriginalCoalRollers]

@@gabbyn978 let me see you captain a big ass ocean liner Karen fuck outta here

[@teamidris]

LOL, I got an advert for a cruise at the beginning :o)

[@nollienick1121]

Those cables. Holy hell the potential energy. Also I find it fascinating that this is something people thought about. Like how to get a ship from the ocean. i might have a bit of megaphobia, just seeing the size of the concrete and the tanks is mind blowing to me. Great job.

[@catsupchutney]

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.

[@grottybt5006]

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

[@waterlinestories]

😂

[@Sadreath]

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.

[@kiwidiesel]

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😂😂

[@GlennHamblin]

You were depooped!

[@johndavey72]

Flawlessly documented . Regardless of cost , you have to appauld the skills required to execute this incredibly complex recovery. Thankyou

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@pilotactor777]

This is the best and most technical maritime expert out there. Go bokke!!!!

[@waterlinestories]

🤣

[@ruatnec66]

Now i have to go back and watch the original video you put up, so i can hear how the italian admiral calls the capt a prick.

[@AnomymAnonym]

exactly my idea too

[@DanielMcGillis-f3w]

Get back on board for fucks sake!

[@RCassinello]

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.

[@Srinathji_Das]

Thank you so much for making and sharing this video! 🙏🦋

[@luckystriker7489]

Thank you, I appreciate how much effort went into making this video.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks. Great when someone recognises that.

[@Bonksticker]

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

[@skrappyjon2019]

What went into all this is pretty amazing, imo. I appreciate the video, the entire salvage op is fascinating as hell

[@waterlinestories]

Yes it's incredible

[@LiquidAudio]

Awesome video, thanks for your great work as always!

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks👌🏻

[@gerardriordan1458]

Good presentation and Salvage, yet remembering all the 32. Rest in Peace

[@vanhagl5591]

That Capn couldn’t navigate his way out of a wet paper sack.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Didn't even get his feet wet. KZbin wont allow what I really think to be printed here.

[@almorgan3792]

Thank you for an excellent presentation and great narration!

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻😀

[@QED1964]

Excellent video, full of well researched facts and graphics. Thank you

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@Rob02138]

Well done video! Very informative and professionally made. All because of the folly of one fool of a Captain.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@zaneleposh]

South Africa, our very own 🇿🇦. Thank you team and job well done. Will you please cover the search of Air France 447 plane that crashed in 2009.

[@debbiek7193]

Just incredible. All necessary because of the ego of the captain who had to show off. A man made tragedy that brought in experts from around the world for this salvage operation. No doubt much was learned and new equipment and materials will/were produced as a result of this operation. 👏👏👏

[@1heavyelement]

would you do a video on the MV Golden Ray? it capsized near Savannah Georgia, USA. a couple of years ago. it was a auto transport ship.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks I'll put it on the list

[@MrTylerStricker]

That was one expensive sight-seeing detour, Captain!

[@brendanquinn6894]

You never got to see stories like this on the "Love Boat" when that was aired in the 1980s

[@marcusmazzuca9367]

I’m loving this. Dude. You’re a great narrator

[@mestep511]

Start to finish fascinating story. Love your work.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks I appreciate that

[@marcorosales3046]

Impressive report. I was could not stop watching this video.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@thurin84]

they shouldve renamed it "costa lotta lira".

[@waterlinestories]

🤣

[@brendanquinn6894]

That was back in the olden days, now its the euro for everyone.

[@wickedcabinboy]

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.

[@TunnelJumper]

I love the occasional bubbly sound effects when showing underwater footage

[@waterlinestories]

😀 👍🏻

[@shaybaby2427]

I’m convinced that this ship was cursed the moment it hit the water! Everything that could go wrong with a ship has happened! This has to be some kind of record!

[@shewearsfunnyhat]

Thank you for a great video. I am still amazed at how they were able to do all of this.

[@waterlinestories]

Yep, amazing engineering

[@ElaineJRogers]

The Costa Concordia salvage operation remains a powerful reminder of the risks and challenges associated with maritime travel, as well as the incredible ingenuity and determination required to overcome them.

[@JonathanB6023]

Special congratulations to KZbin Advertising for playing an ad for a cruise during a cruise sinking video...

[@gringotom242]

Fascinating. What a massive project!

[@trevortucker1]

Here is an example of South Africans doing exceptionally amazing work. Great content as always.

[@starguy2718]

Yeah, Elon Musk is a pretty impressive guy. Oh, wait a minute... wrong South African. Never mind.

[@keagandanster7345]

Got Goosebumps hearing a fellow South African Nick Sloane was given this opportunity to showcase some of the technical brilliance my country can produce

[@waterlinestories]

🇿🇦👍🏻

[@rames1651]

Well done. No fluff - Just facts.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@SidewaysSurfDrinksHQ]

Absolutely brilliant presentation mate 👏👏

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks, I really appreciate that 👍🏻

[@mycosys]

What an astonishing waste of resources for the sake of one man's ego

[@frankwilson2607]

U.S. electorate: " Hold my beer..."

[@s70driver2005]

It didn't go to waste per say as they saved the ship and kept it from damaging the area but I 100% agree the captain was a egocentric prick.

[@mycosys]

@@s70driver2005 the waste wasnt in using the resources, but creating the need for them.

[@hzuiel]

​@@s70driver2005They did not save the ship, it was just able to be scrapped properly. The scrap value is a tiny fraction of what the project cost. So yes it is very much a waste.

[@s70driver2005]

@mycosys oh of course. They shouldn't have to have done all that but thankfully it all went well.

[@crooksnchase]

This was a great video! SO much info!

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻 thanks

[@VladimirStepanov-e6h]

Exactly!!!

[@boathousejoed1126]

Can someone show how this was financially feasible? Was this like some 3D multilevel chess game between owners,insurance companies,salvagers and the government?

[@ShortArmOfGod]

The government said get it the fuck out of here so out it goes. Profit and loss has nothing to do with it at that point.

[@dreamboards1056]

Did you not pay attention to where it wrecked? In a marine sanctuary and prime tourism location. Leaving it there was not an option.

[@thecianinator]

Leaving it there would absolutely have been an option if the government was corrupt enough.

[@trottergraeme]

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.

[@spencerhardy8667]

@mipmipmipmipmip Major disaster insurance is a fascinating subject. The KZbin channel "What's Going On In Shipping" covered the initial discussions on the financing of the Baltimore Bridge recovery. When things like this happen, the whole world chips in, because the skills needed are international, and the experience gained is valuable to everyone. In major disasters, the insurance companies don't seem as tight fisted as they are with your car. At Baltimore, extra money raised over the recent Suez unpleasantness, that wasn't needed, paid for the initial recovery costs.

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

Thank you for a very detailed yet concise description of the salvage!

[@TheVirusOfHumanity]

The captain should get a free trip to the Titanic on a Titan submersible.

[@MrWiseinheart]

At first I'm like no he shouldn't get anything for free ...but then I read it all the way.. 😄

[@g.w.7893]

An Ocean Gate submersible. ***

[@johningram9081]

Very nice video. Great job of explaining a complicated and feat of engineering. Thanks

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻😀

[@ScottPC]

Bet the live crabs on board felt lucky.

[@ExpatZ266]

It's George, the man has taste, style and class. The pocket has him.

[@76biggdogg]

He just happened to fall into a lifeboat .... lol

[@thomasjoychild4962]

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

[@mattd5681]

They went mountain climbing to prepare 😆🤙🍻

[@sarahconnor8189]

Goood heavens......what an operation ,,kudos to all those great minds and workers who removed this monster.

[@joannecresswell3448]

This was such a good video. have watched several videos on this but this is the best for facts and timeline

[@waterlinestories]

Brilliant, thanks for saying so. Great to hear

[@mitchs2148]

great video, thanks

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks👍🏻

[@scottbattaglia8595]

3:39 I love the overhead picture of those booms totally not working....🤣 👍🏼

[@artemiscrimson]

New video! Yay!

[@waterlinestories]

😁

[@ElectricPaoloIAM]

Concise, well presentated and well researched. Compliments.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻 thanks

[@johnw3379]

Another fantastic video. I didn't know so much went into salvaging the ship.

[@waterlinestories]

Yes, incredible engineering

[@nwmi493]

Makes the canal and bridge salvage efforts look like childs play

[@guachingman]

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

[@waterlinestories]

🤣 maybe. I preferred to just stick the water on this.