Carnival cruise ship saves men from capsized cargo vessel
Table Of Content Collision and rescue years later, Costa Concordia disaster vivid for survivors Stability Features Carnival cruise ship rescues men stuck at sea after cargo vessel capsizes ‘I have lived the most beautiful lives and died the most beautiful deaths’ In addition to careful weight distribution, many cruise ships have double-hull construction that provides additional protection if the hull becomes compromised. Costa Concordia, the Italian cruise ship that sank off the coast of Italy in January 2012, is finally leaving her resting place. The ship is being towed to a port in Genoa, Italy, where it will be salvaged. Ortelli was later on hand when, in September 2013, the 115,000-ton, 300-meter (1,000-foot) long cruise ship was righted vertical off its seabed graveyard in an extraordinary feat of engineering. But the night of the disaster, a Friday the 13th, remains seared in his memory. Collision and rescue The Italian cruise ship ran aground off the tiny Italian island ...