The cruise ship Costa Concordia , which started its journey on July 23 from the island of Giglio, arrived on Sunday to port of Genoa, where it will be scrapped. Concordia had to sail the last few miles at 0.5 knots ( 0.92 miles per hour ) due to a strong wind from the north, which delayed his arrival, initially scheduled for this Sunday morning. The technicians responsible for the operations of the Costa Concordia begin the appropriate maneuvers, a process that will take between 4 to 6 hours as project managers. Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi , is expected to reach Genoa along the afternoon, once they have completed these maneuvers . The Italian Environment Minister, Gian Luca Galletti, expressed his satisfaction seeing successful removal of the ship. "Today is not a day of celebration, check behind this is the tragedy that has caused the death of 33 people , "reminding Galletti 32 died during the incident on January 13, 2012, and the Spanish diver who died in said February during the refloating works .

The scrapping of Costa Concordia will last 22 months and will have two areas of Genoa Port shipyard and Pra-Voltri Sampierdarena. In Pra Volti, the workers will remove all kinds of non-metallic interior. Subsequently, the Costa Concordia will be transferred to Sampierdarena shipyard, where he will proceed to its demolition.