Costa salvage effort complete
The Costa Concordia salvage operation has been completed, the head of Italy's civil protection authority announced. It took engineers 19 hours to raise the ship from its side.
Most difficult part of salvage attempt underway
Everything is so far going smoothly. Operations have been underway for eight minutes and there is a pull of 2,000 tonnes now on the ship. This will increase by 200 tons a time.
Robotic cameras are monitoring the strain the pull is putting on the vessel to be sure it can take the strain.
This is most difficult part of the operation as they try and raise the ship off the rocks it's trapped on. Underwater cameras are guiding the work.
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Family of Costa Concordia victim hopeful to find remains
The brother of a waiter whose body has not been recovered from the Costa Concordia, hopes the search team will find his remains.
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Stricken Costa Concordia set upright in Italy
The operation to shift the stricken Costa Concordia ship from the rocks off the Italian island of Giglio has been completed.
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Costa Concordia freed from rocks but process continues
Engineers successfully shifted the wreckage of the stricken ship from rocks, but the salvage operation is expected to go on into the night.