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<description>The Costa Concordia and the less-known Ponta de Madeira incident have prompted disquiet over maritime industry’s pursuit of scale efficiencies</description>
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<description>Bad weather threatens to delay work to offload fuel from stricken liner, risking environmental disaster off Italy’s coast</description>
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