Costa Concordia Update – 17th Body Found, Fuel Pumping Delayed & Salvors Line Up to Bid

The body of a woman, believed to be a member of the crew, has been found in the wreck of the Costa Concordia, bringing the body count to 17. An additional 15 are missing and presumed dead. The Dutch salvor Smit has been delayed in the pumping of the 2,300 tonnes of diesel fuel from the ship due to bad weather. They hope to start pumping toward the middle of next week, when weather conditions are forecast to improve.  In the mean time, Dutch, US and Danish marine salvage firms are preparing to bid on either refloating or breaking up the stricken cruise ship.  Smit Salvage currently only has the contract to remove the fuel from the ship.  Companies bidding on the larger salvage job are expected to be Smit, an arm of Dutch group Boskalis-Westminster,  Titan Salvage, owned by the US’s Crowley Maritime Corp and Denmark’s Svitzer, owned by Maersk.

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