From the HUFF POST:
Experts have said it would take 28 days to remove fuel from 15 tanks accounting for more than 80 percent of all fuel on board the ship. The next job would be to target the engine room, which contains nearly 350 cubic meters of diesel, fuel and other lubricants, Gabrielli said.
Only once the fuel is removed can work begin on removing the ship, either floating it in one piece or cutting it up and towing it away as a wreck. Costa has begun the process for taking bids for the recovery operation, a process that will take two months.
[Franco] Gabrielli said the actual removal will take from seven to 10 months – meaning that the wreck will be visible from the coast of the island of Giglio for the entire summer tourism season…
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EDITOR: What a tourist attraction! Instead of urging its prompt removal, perhaps the locals should be suggesting the wreck remain permanently.
