Costa Concordia wreck towed into Genoa harbour

Eight tugboats help shepherd stricken cruise liner into port on outskirts of Italian city, where it will be broken up

The rusting hulk of the Costa Concordia was due to arrive at a port on the outskirts of Genoa on Sunday afternoon at the end of a 200-nautical mile journey from the island of Giglio, where it sank more than two and half years ago.

By late morning, Genoa's most powerful tug, the 698-tonne Messico, had taken over the cable attached to the bows of the liner and was dragging the giant, 13-deck vessel towards its final destination. A strong, northerly wind that blow off the Alps at dawn had raised fears of a delay.

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