Costa Concordia towed

The Costa Cruises ship Costa Concordia was towed into the port of Genoa, Italy, on July 27 for scrapping.

The ship, first launched from Genoa in 2005, had spent two years off the coast of the island of Giglio after hitting a reef and capsizing in January 2012. The accident resulted in the deaths of 32 people, including one crew member whose body was never found. The ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, is currently on trial for multiple counts of manslaughter and abandoning the ship. 

In order to move the Concordia to Genoa, it was refloated and held at the surface of the water by giant buoyancy chambers, then towed by more than a dozen ships for four days.