The refloated wreck of the Costa Concordia is towed to the Italian port of Genoa on Sunday, July 27, to be scrapped, ending the ship's final journey two and a half years after it capsized at a cost of 32 lives. 
The Concordia is towed into the port of Genoa on July 27. 
Tugboats tow the wreck of the Costa Concordia as it leaves Italy's Giglio Island on Wednesday, July 23. 
A view from a porthole shows the wreck of the Costa Concordia as it's being towed on July 23. It'll take about two years to dismantle the massive cruise liner. 
The Costa Concordia cruise ship sits in front of the harbor of Giglio Island after it was refloated using air tanks attached to its sides on Tuesday, July 22. Environmental concerns prompted the decision to undertake the expensive and difficult process of refloating the ship rather than taking it apart on site. 
The ship's name appears above the water on Monday, July 21. The ship is expected to arrive in Genoa on Sunday, August 27. 
Tugboats pull the Costa Concordia after the first stage of the refloating operation on Wednesday, July 16. 
A small boat passes by the wreckage on Tuesday, July 15. 
Water is expelled from the caissons hooked onto the Costa Concordia on Monday, July 14. The ship will be towed north to the port in Genoa, Italy. 
Thirty-two people died when the 114,000-ton vessel, seen here on July 14, ran aground off Giglio in January 2012. 
In December 2013, crews managed to rotate the ship into an upright position. 
To float the ship, seen here on Thursday, June 26, crews attached 30 steel tanks to fill with compressed air. 
Ship captain Francesco Schettino, left, returned to the Concordia in February for the first time since he ran the liner aground. He is on trial on charges of manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship with passengers still on board. He denies wrongdoing. 
Experts inspect the ship's damage in January. They boarded the vessel to collect new evidence, focusing on the ship's bridge and the onboard elevators. 
The wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship sits near the harbor of Giglio on Tuesday, September 17, after a salvage crew rolled the ship off its side. 
The ship had been lying on its side for 20 months off the island of Giglio. Here, members of the U.S. company Titan Salvage and the Italian marine contractor Micoperi pass by the wreckage. 
Damage to the right side of the ship is apparent in September. 
Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers work on Monday, September 16, to hoist the ship's massive hull off the reef where it capsized. 
The project to upright the Costa Concordia continues on September 16. The nearly $800 million effort reportedly is the largest maritime salvage operation ever. 
A water line marks the former level of the stricken Costa Concordia as the salvaging operation continues on September 16. The procedure, known as parbuckling, has never been carried out on a vessel as large as Costa Concordia before. 
Members of Titan and Micoperi work at the wreck site early on September 16. 
Technicians work to salvage the half-submerged ship in July 2013. 
Giant hollow boxes have been attached to the side of the ship, seen here in May 2013. Attempts to refloat the ship will be aided by the compartments. 
A commemorative plaque honoring the victims of the cruise disaster is unveiled in Giglio on January 14, 2013. 
Survivors, grieving relatives and locals release lanterns into the sky in Giglio after a minute of silence on January 13, 2013, marking the one-year anniversary of the shipwreck. The 32 lanterns -- one for each of the victims -- were released at 9:45 p.m. local time, the moment of impact. 
A man holds an Italian flag on his balcony overlooking the port of Giglio on January 13, 2013. 
A man works in front of the shipwreck on January 12, 2013. 
A couple walks along the port of Giglio at night on January 12, 2013. 
A man sits in his boat in front of the half-submerged cruise ship on January 8, 2013. 
Cranes and floating decks surrounding the ship light up the dusk sky on January 9, 2013. 
Workers stand on the edge of the ship on January 8, 2013. 
A crew passes by the hulking remains on January 7, 2013. 
People enjoy a day in the sun with a view of the cruise liner on July 1, 2012. 
Military rescue workers approach the cruise liner on January 22, 2012. 
Members of the Italian coast guard conduct a search-and-rescue mission on January 21, 2012. 
Rescue operations to search for missing people resumed on January 20, 2012, after being suspended for a third time as conditions caused the vessel to shift on the rocks. 
The Costa Serena, the sister ship of the wrecked Costa Concordia, passes by on January 18, 2012. 
A bird flies overhead the Costa Concordia on January 18, 2012. Rescue operations were suspended as the ship slowly sank farther into the sea. 
The ship was sailing a few hundred meters off the rocky Tuscan coastline. 
An Italian coast guard helicopter flies over Giglio's harbor on January 16, 2012. 
Rescuers search the waters near the stricken ship on January 16, 2012. 
The Concordia, pictured on January 15, 2012, was on a Mediterranean cruise from Rome when it hit rocks off the coast of Giglio. 
The ship starts keeling over early on January 14, 2012. Evacuation efforts started promptly but were made "extremely difficult" by the position of the listing ship, officials said. 
Rescued passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, on January 14, 2012. The Costa Concordia was carrying 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members.
- The remains of the final Costa Concordia victim have been recovered
- Thirty-two people lost their lives in the disaster
- The remains of Russel Rebello were found in a cabin
(CNN) -- Nearly three years after the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off Italy's Giglio Island, the remains of the final victim have been recovered.
The remains of Russel Rebello were found in a cabin in the wrecked ship, which is currently in Genoa, where it was moved to be scrapped, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency said Monday.
Costa Concordia's final voyage 
Costa Concordia wreckage afloat again Thirty-two lives were lost in the January 2012 incident, when the ship ran aground with more than 4,200 passengers aboard.
The remains of all the dead had been found except for Rebello's.
Rebello's brother, Kevin Rebello, confirmed the news on Facebook.
"I promised my family that I will bring back home my brother some day," Kevin Robello wrote, noting that 1,025 days had passed since the disaster.
Russel Rebello's body was found on Deck 8 in a cabin, his brother wrote.
"I don't have words to express," Kevin Robello said. "Just my pain, my tears, my heart pounding harder and my body trembling."
The wrecked Costa Concordia became part of the landscape near Giglio Island for years, until it was refloated in July of this year and eased into a dry dock in Genoa for salvage.
The lengthy process of dismantling the wrecked ship is expected to take two years.
More than 80% of the Concordia will be recycled or reused, including copper wiring, plumbing pipes, kitchens and some of the plastic room fittings that can be repaired.
The remaining 50,000 tons of steel will be melted down and sold at the market price to be used to make construction girders, cars and even other ships.
Costa Concordia reaches end of final voyage
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