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In this July 16, 2009 photo, the schooner Liana's Ransom sails past the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in Halifax. Carnival Cruise Line won't say exactly what percent drop it has seen in bookings but disclosed Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, that in the 12 days following the Concordia grounding there was a decline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan)

Cruise bookings fall after Concordia shipwreck

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 6:42pm

NEW YORK -- The frightful images of a sinking Italian cruise ship have scared off some cruise passengers, at least temporarily, during the industry's peak booking season.

Travel agents -- who book more than two-thirds of cruise passengers worldwide -- have been nervously watching bookings ever since the Costa Concordia, which is owned by Carnival Corp, ran aground on Jan. 13.

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Oil recovery experts work on a wave control buoy to be used near the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Residents of Giglio are growing increasingly worried about threats to the environment and the future of the Italian island following the temporary suspension of the recovery operation of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

It could take 10 months to remove capsized cruise ship

Colleen Barry, Fulvio Paolocci The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 1:31pm

GIGLIO, Italy -- The cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials said Sunday, as rough seas off the Tuscan coast forced the suspension of recovery operations.

Officials called off both the start of operations to remove of 500,000 gallons of fuel and the search for people still missing after determining the Costa Concordia had moved four centimeters (an inch and a half) over six hours, coupled with waves of more than one meter (three feet).

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(The Associated Press) The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. The luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot gash in the hull and forcing the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said.

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy; 3 bodies found, 69 missing

Frances D'Emilo, Nicole Winfield The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 9:40am

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy -- Survivors from a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and tipped over, leaving at least three dead and 69 people still unaccounted for, described Saturday a chaotic evacuation, as plates and glasses crashed and they crawled along upended hallways trying to reach safety.

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