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Salvage Companies Jockey for Costa Job

While the search for survivors and bodies continues, and tales of a alleged bad behavior by the ship’s captain make the global media rounds, the next saga of the Costa Concordia will turn to the key question of: how will the ship be salvaged, and when removed from its current locale, will it be scrapped or saved? According to a report on Reuters it was less than 48 hours after the ship hit a rock that the island of Giglio was hosting not only rescue teams but also Dutch and American salvage experts assessing how to refloat the 114,000-ton vessel. Given the rapid response of maritime salvors globally, the response was more than likely much faster.