Stripped of innards, wrecked Concordia cruise ship ready for scrapping to start

The shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruiser is pulled away by tugboats from the Genoa harbor, Italy, to be demolished, Monday, May 11, 2015. The Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized on January 2012 off the coast of the Tuscan island of Giglio after hitting rocks, killing 32 people. (Paolo Zeggio/ANSA via AP) (The Associated Press)

The shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruiser is pulled away by tugboats from the Genoa harbor, Italy, to be demolished, Monday, May 11, 2015. (Paolo Zeggio/ANSA via AP) (The Associated Press)

ROME – The shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner is finally ready for scrapping, after being gutted of its insides, including furniture and wiring.

A pair of tugboats on Tuesday eased the hulking wreck into a section of Genoa harbor where the shell of the ship is expected to start being dismantled in a week. Last summer the Concordia made a more dramatic journey, towed for several days to the Genoa area from the Italian island of Giglio, where it struck a reef off the Tuscan coast in 2012 and capsized, killing 32 people.

Starting from the top, the Concordia will be dismantled one deck at a time and the material scrapped.

The Concordia's captain was convicted this year of manslaughter and causing the shipwreck and sentenced to 16 years in prison.