(28 Jan 2012)
1. Wide of Dutch company SMIT salvage platform moored to the Costa Concordia
2. Mid shot of divers jumping into water from salvage platform
3. Mid of cables detaching from the Costa Concordia
4. Pull out of salvage platform being towed from stricken ship
5. Mid of men working on side of Cost Concordia as platform is towed
6. Close of men working on the ship's bow
7. Pan from ship to salvage platform being towed away
8. Wide of platform being towed
9. Close of bow of Costa Concordia
10. Mid shot damaged hull of ship
11. Wide of salvage platform being towed
12. Wide of salvage platform approaching and tanker
13. Close of men working on cruise ship
14. Mid of salvage platform passing oil tanker that is scheduled to remove fuel from the Costa Concordia
15. Close of bow of ship
16. Salvage platform being towed
17. Mid of Costa Concordia
18. Pull out of towed salvage platform
19. Pull out from SMIT salvage platform being towed past stricken cruise ship, Costa Concordia
STORYLINE:
Bad weather is hampering salvage efforts on the cruise liner Costa Concordia which remains half submerged off the Italian coast.
Due to rough weather and choppy seas, a salvage platform owned by Dutch company SMIT, detached, forcing crew members to pull the up the platform's anchors and get towed from the Costa Concordia.
The removal of the platform will mean delays in operations to pump fuel from the stricken ship.
Pumping fuel from the Costa Concordia hinges upon the completion of rescue operations and inspections.
A six-strong team of experts from the European Commission arrived on Friday following an official invitation from the Italian authorities.
They will observe the ongoing operations, along with the measures taken to avoid damage to the environment.
The main goal is to learn as much as possible from an event that has no precedent.
An official for the Monitor and Information Centre of the European Commission, said there are a combination of many different problems to look at such as the environmental issue, the diplomatic issue, and the responses that needed to be taken for saving lives.
Until now rescuers have enjoyed good weather and have been able to inspect the ship underwater, but worsening conditions and the potential of stronger tides and winds mean there is a real risk of the sea dragging the ship into deeper waters.
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