MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 17th 2013
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Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:34 UTC
Italian engineers manage to set Costa Concordia upright 20 months after grounding
Engineers in Italy have succeeded in setting the cruise ship Costa Concordia upright, 20 months after it ran aground off the island of Giglio. They said that the unprecedented salvage effort ”reached degree zero (vertical), which was our target”.
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Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 05:03 UTC
Punta Arenas expects 58.000 visitors and 103 calls this coming cruise season
An estimated 58.000 visitors have been confirmed for this coming 2013/14 cruise season at the extreme south Chile cities of Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, although the overall number is slightly less than the 62.000 of this last season according to Epaustral, the Austral Port Corporation.
