In the last few days on Giglio island platform n° 2 has been installed. It is the fifth of 6 subsea platforms that will provide a safe supporting structure for the wreck after it is rotated into a vertical position (“parbuckling”, as this is known).
The platform, which was built at the Rosetti shipyard in Marina di Ravenna, weighs about 1,000 tons, measures 40m and is 22m in height and is supported by 5 big pillars (almost 2m in diameter) secured to the granite seabed about 10m deep.
Work continues relentlessly 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Currently, there are 25 vessels and 460 workers working on site.
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Press Release, June 10, 2013