Costa Concordia

Inch by inch, salvage crews slowly raised the half-submerged Costa Concordia cruise ship this week, as a painstaking $800-million salvage effort finally got underway off the coast of Giglio, Italy. Crews used 56 giant pulleys to heave the vessel back to an upright position. Thirty-two people died after the Concordia hit rocks on Jan. 13.

Engineers declare ‘perfect’ end to unprecedented engineering feat

The ships and profits are getting bigger in an industry that lacks oversight and is increasingly accident-prone

The Costa Concordia wasn’t the only vessel to make waves this year

The massive bell, made of brass or bronze, mysteriously disappeared from the sunken ship

Ships are twice as big as when evacuation rules were last assessed

In the end, it was the musician–not the captain–who went down with the ship

The capsized cruise liner has slipped, making it too dangerous for searchers to approach

Captain pleaded with coast guard official who ordered him to return to capsized ship

Accusations of manslaughter and abandoning ship face Captain Francesco Schettino after deadly crash off Tuscany