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In January 2012, 32 people died when a Costa Cruises ship ran aground off Tuscany, Italy.
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Three fishermen have been rescued after their boat ran aground off the south of Skye.
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Attempts to salvage a ferry which ran aground off Blackpool will restart when salvage equipment from Rotterdam arrives.
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Earlier this year, 32 people died when a cruise ship owned by another firm - Carnival - ran aground off the coast of Italy.
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Just 6 weeks after the Costa Concordia ran aground off Italy, another one of their cruise ships, the Costa Allegra has caught fire and is now adrift two hundred miles southwest of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
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Last year, after the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Giglio, Italy, Rockefeller held a Commerce Committee hearing to examine deficiencies in the cruise line industry's compliance with federal safety, security, and environmental standards and review industry regulations.
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The same year saw a number of containers washed up in the English Channel off the Devon coast after the cargo ship MSC Napoli ran aground.
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When MS Costa Concordia struck the rocks off Isola del Giglio Jan. 13, more than just a single cruise liner ran aground.
FORBES: Marketers Plan. God Laughs.