The collective imagination well remembers the Costa Concordia shipwreck and the tragic events related to it.

During the “parabucking” (in technical jargon all operations intended to refloat and rotate) of the wreck, the question arose of where to have the ship, with its 50,000-ton tonnage, “rest” during this operation. Engineers in collaboration with technicians designed a system of metal supports (to give stability) and bags filled with liquid cement (to give the structure the right elasticity). Once the turning operations were completed, the sacks would be removed through two special slings placed at the ends, while the supports would be lifted through a crane placed on a pontoon boat.

Once the rotation took place and while the wreck of the ship was traveling to the Port of Genoa, the operators noticed that removal of the cushions could not take place as budgeted: using the special slings, the sacks would tear, spilling all their contents, still liquid cement, into the sea. A thorough inspection by our engineers designed the equipment (as always by building in a custom ) that can be seen in the photos:an “open” bivalve bucket with which the “cushions” could be removed by wrapping them completely.

Client: Micoperi Srl