Start of Costa Concordia Defueling Procedures

GIGLIO PORTO, ITALY - JANUARY 24: Rotterdam based SMIT and Livorno based NERI salvage workers start their work of diesel recovery on a pontoon from the the cruise ship Costa Concordia that lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio on January 24, 2012 in Giglio Porto, Italy. More than four thousand people were on board when the ship hit a rock off the Tuscan coast. The official death toll now stands at 15, with a further 24 people still missing. The diesel recovery operation will start tomorrow, while the rescue operation continues. (Photo by Laura Lezza/Getty Images)