ITALY: An official says rough seas are causing small particles inside the capsized Costa Concordia to form an oily film on top of the water

Record ID: 344112

  • Title: ITALY: An official says rough seas are causing small particles inside the capsized Costa Concordia to form an oily film on top of the water
  • Date: 4th February 2012
  • Summary: MAP OF COSTA CONCORDIA COMMANDER ALBERTO BATTAGLINI FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY IN OFFICE WEATHER FORECAST MAP ON COMPUTER SCREEN
  • Embargoed: 19th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Italy, Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Disasters
  • Reuters ID: LVA9BKCH4Z0SRH8B0UU4EKEN0GM3
  • Story Text: An oily film was detected by the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner on Friday (February 3) morning.
    Parts of a floating protective barrier around the ship had also been moved by rough seas.
    Port authority official Alberto Battaglini said the bad weather conditions were causing small particles inside the ship to form the oily film on top of the water.
    "It is an oily mark, it is a phenomenon we have seen over the last few days when the sea becomes rough. The sea moves inside the ship and stirs up small particles which manifest themselves in this oily film on the top of the water," he explained.
    Rescue and salvage operations on the ship have been hampered by bad weather this week.
    Salvage crews had hoped to start pumping more than 2,300 tonnes of diesel from the wreck this week but the bad weather has delayed the start of operations expected to take between three weeks and a month.
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