Costa Concordia Reaches Final Destination

Jul 28, 2014 08:52 AM EDT

(Photo : REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito) Tug boats tow the Costa Concordia ship as they arrive outside Genoa's port, in northern Italy, where the ship will be broken up for scrap,

The 290 meter and more than 114.000 ton Costa Concordia that was shipwrecked at see finally reached Genoa where it will be dismantled.

According to a CNN report, the former cruise ship maneuvered gently onto the dock of Voltri port at Genoa, Italy. The report also said that it will take two years to dismantle the ship.

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There were 4.200 passengers onboard the cruise ship when the accident happened. Most of the passengers' belongings and other personal effects remained stuck in the ship. According to the crew responsible for the dismnantling, the luggages and other passenger items will be first to be removed.

The crew said they have removed 24-tons heavy materials and other effects from the ship when it was still lying on the seabed.

Copper, pipes, kitchens and some of the room fittings made of plastic, which can be repaired, will either be recycled or reused.

That leaves 50,000 tons of steel that can be turned into cars, girders for construction or even other ships after it is has been melted and sold to market price.

Costa Concordia became known for the tragic accident, where 32 passengers died when it hit a feef outside Giglio Island and turned upside down in January 2012.

During the two year long process of dismantling the ship, only the remains of of deceased Russel Rebello, has not been found. Reports said that a final search for Rebello's body will be made.

"I hope they will find Russel, so his family can get a closure of this tragic case," Nick Sloan, the ship's salvage master said.

The wreck was refloated about a month ago. Last Wednesday, the cruise ship began its final journey and was accompanied by 18 vessels.

The trip from Giglio to Genoa took four days and went smoothly, even if a storm hit the slowly moving fleet at one nightly occasion.

The owners of Costa Concordia, Costa Crociere, estimates that the whole operation of refloating it, towing the ship to Genoa and scrapping it will cost around US$2 billion in total.

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