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  1. Cruise line companies sell massive multimillion dollar ships for scrap

    Carnival Cruise Line sold six ships for scrap, which were taken to the Aliağa ship breaking yards. ... A drone image shows decommissioned cruise ships being dismantled at Aliaga ship-breaking ...

  2. Photos of Scrapped Cruise Ships Reveal a Struggling Industry

    Photos of cruise ships being dismantled into scrap metal at bustling shipbreaking yards around the world illustrate just how deeply the cruise industry is hurting right now.

  3. 18 Cruise Ships Were Scrapped in 2022: Here's the Full List

    January 17, 2023. Continuing a trend that started in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, several older and smaller cruise ships were beached for scrapping in 2022. While 20 new vessels entered service during the he year, a total of 18 cruise ships were also sold to scrapyards in Turkey, India and Pakistan.

  4. Cruise ships torn apart after coronavirus sell off

    Photographs of a Turkish scrap yard shows once glamorous cruise vessels being torn apart, their component parts harvested for reuse, recycling or disposal after being retired early due to the ...

  5. Here are all the cruise ships we've lost to the COVID-19 crisis

    The pandemic is the reason you may not be able to sail your favorite ship again. Here are the vessels that we've lost due to the COVID-19 crisis.

  6. Where Cruise Ships Are Sent to Die

    Facing dire financial circumstances, cruise lines have been sending ships to Aliaga, in western Turkey, to be dismantled. Bradley Secker for The New York Times. Along the meandering industrial ...

  7. Over and Out: Six Cruise Ships Scrapped So Far in 2022

    While a total of nine cruise ships were scrapped in 2021, six cruise ships have already been beached during the first four months of 2022 for recycling purposes. ... The ship was then beached in early April, joining other three Fantasy-class vessels that were dismantled at the same scrapyard - the Carnival Fantasy, the Carnival Inspiration ...

  8. Cruise ships and COVID-19: Incredible photos show giant cruise ships

    Drone images show the striking effects of coronavirus on the cruise industry as ships are broken up for scrap. ... Normally this dock would be where old cargo and container ships are dismantled ...

  9. How $300 Million Cruise Ships Are Demolished

    Looking to cut costs as COVID-19 ravaged the cruise industry, Carnival Cruise Line sold six ships for scrap. At the Aliaga ship-breaking yard in Turkey, Carn...

  10. PHOTOS: Cruise Ships Broken up in Turkish Port Show COVID-19 Impact

    Photos show rows of deluxe cruise ships waiting to be dismantled in a sea dock in Turkey as the coronavirus pandemic continues to sink the industry. Around 2,500 scrapyard workers are currently ...

  11. Cruise ship dismantling booms in Turkey after pandemic scuttles sector

    Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry, the head ...

  12. Cruise ships dismantled for scrap metal as pandemic sinks industry

    Before the pandemic, Turkey's ship-breaking yards typically handled cargo and container ships. Then the pandemic began and the world's cruise ships changed course for the site.

  13. 13 Cruise Ships Have Been Sold For Scrapping So Far in 2022

    While most of the world's cruise fleet has now resumed regular operations, several smaller and older cruise ships continue to be sold for scrap. Over the first eight months of 2022, a total of 13 cruise vessels have been beached for scrapping at the three major ship breaking facilities. ... the 1977-built vessel is currently being dismantled ...

  14. Cruise Ships Are Being Torn Apart and Sold for Scrap Metal

    These Luxury Cruise Ships Are Being Sold for Scrap Metal ... Onal said the shipyard aims to increase its volume of dismantled steel from 700,000 metric tons in January to 1.1 million by the end of ...

  15. Scrapped Cruise Ships

    Scrapped Cruise Ships news, history, review, itineraries information, ships in the current fleet. ... Next are listed some of the Alang-dismantled cruise ships and (converted) classic ocean liners. In brackets is the vessel's year of birth-death. Costa Romantica, Costa neoRomantica, ...

  16. Photos: Retired cruise ships dismantled in the wake of Covid-19

    At Aliaga ship breaking yard in Turkey, cruise ships are sold off and broken up for scrap - a fate that's becoming more common in the wake of the pandemic.

  17. Cruise ship graveyards: Where do abandoned ships go to die?

    Several cruise lines recently purged some of their oldest ships, which were sent to cruise graveyards after they were sold for scrap. Read on to learn where cruise ships go to die and what happens to those abandoned cruise ships when they get there.

  18. Cruise ships dismantled for scrap after pandemic sinks industry

    Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry.

  19. Where Do Cruise Ships Go To Die? The Dismantling Process

    The first pieces of a cruise ship to be dismantled are usually the communications and navigation equipment, as these are the most valuable pieces on board. ... Where Are Cruise Ship Scrap Yards ...

  20. Decommissioned and Abandoned Cruise Ships: What Happens ...

    Cruise Ship Graveyards. The largest cruise ship scrap yard is in Alang, India, and it recycles more than 50 percent of the world's abandoned and decommissioned cruise ships.

  21. Cruise ship dismantling booms in Turkey after pandemic ...

    Business is booming at a sea dock in western Turkey, where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry, the head ...

  22. Norway Fines Shipowner $750,000 for Illegal Export of Ships for Scrap

    Norway Fines Shipowner $750,000 for Illegal Export of Ships for Scrap. Published Jun 10, 2024 4:33 PM by The Maritime Executive. Four years after raiding the offices of the shipping company then ...

  23. After Record 2022, No Cruise Ships Have Been Scrapped in 2023

    In 2022 a total of 18 cruise ships were dismantled. Following a trend that started in the early days of the pandemic, the year set a record for the recycling yards. The number of cruise ships being sold to the breakers saw a significant uptick during the health emergency that started in 2020.

  24. Cruise Ship Scrap Update: More Cruise Ships Hit the Beach

    After recycling a total of nine cruise ships in 2021, ship breaking yards have already received ten vessels in the first six months of 2022. ... Cruise Ship Scrap Update: More Cruise Ships Hit the Beach. July 9, 2022; ... Another classic cruise ship recently beached for scrapping, the Black Watch is now being dismantled at Alang, India. Last ...

  25. Margaritaville at Sea docks new cruise ship at Port Tampa Bay

    Margaritaville at Sea Islander docked Monday morning at Port Tampa Bay after sailing from a shipyard in Ireland where it got its facelift. The maiden voyage of the newly refurbished cruise ship ...

  26. Israel-Hamas war: US-built pier in Gaza breaks apart. What happens next

    A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier.