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Tragic cruise ship Concordia makes its final journey

By Azeen Ghorayshi

23 July 2014

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(Image: Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters)

The shipwrecked Costa Concordia is riding the seas one last time.

The Italian cruise ship disastrously collided with a reef off the coast of the Italian port of Giglio in January 2012. A total of 32 passengers were killed when it capsized.

Now, over two years after the most expensive salvage operation of all time began, the ship is on the move.

On Wednesday morning, tugboats began towing the Concordia at near walking pace on a 300-kilometre journey to Genoa, where it will be chopped up for scrap metal.

The Concordia will also be accompanied by ships monitoring for any toxic substances leaking from the wreck.

Now that the ship has left Giglio, the authorities will reinstate their search for the body of Russel Rebello, one of the ship’s waiters whose remains were never found.

Watch the journey of the Concordia live on this local news webcam.

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