[Updated at 12:05 a.m. ET] After a brief suspension, rescue efforts resumed Monday on the partially sunken cruise liner Costa Concordia, officials said.

The search was suspended earlier Monday because the vessel began to move, said Sergio Ortelli, mayor of the nearby island of Giglio.

Coast Guard spokesman Filippo Marino said efforts had resumed, adding that rescuers will focus on retrieving the body of a man, presumably a passenger, discovered earlier in the day.

However, he said the forecast has rescuers worried, as it calls for rising winds.

The head of the company that owns the ship said Monday he has not given up hope of finding survivors.

"Hope is the last thing to die," said Costa Cruises chairman and chief executive Pier Luigi Foschi.

[Posted at 10:45 a.m. ET] The search for survivors and victims aboard the partially sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia was suspended Monday because the vessel began to move, said the mayor of the nearby island of Giglio, Sergio Ortelli.

The cruise ship hit rocks and rolled onto its side over the weekend, leaving at least six people dead.

But head of the company that owns the ship has not given up hope of finding people alive, he said Monday.

"Hope is the last thing to die," said Costa Cruises chairman and chief executive Pier Luigi Foschi.