Cruise Ship Dismantling
At the Aliaga ship.
Cruise ship dismantling. Five luxury cruise ships are seen being broken down for scrap metal at the Aliaga ship recycling port. Most notably the travel and luxury cruise industries have been. Carnival has announced an agreement so that two of its retired Fantasy-class cruise ships can be dismantled and recycled responsibly.
As one of the ship disposal techniques ship dismantling involves the retired ships to be stripped off their machinery barring the value-adding materials which are rightfully reused for new ships or for other applications. Ship dismantling also popularly referred to as ship recycling is a process of breaking down a ship also called ship breaking when it completes its life tenure. In September 2020 Carnival Corporation announced plans to sell 18 less efficient cruise ships in the coming months resulting in a 12 reduction of its overall fleet.
Three of those ships the Inspiration Imagination and Fantasy are being dismantled at the Aliaga Ship Recycling Facility in Turkey alongside two other cruise ships. 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.
How 300 million Carnival cruise ships are demolished in Turkey. Carnival is cutting 18 ships from its fleet as a result of the pandemic. SGdP the only ship-dismantling centre in Italy to be approved by the European Commission already has experience recycling a large cruiseship.
Photos were taken by Nautica Goods as the scrapping of the ships is in progress in Turkey. Cruise ships were home to the some of the earliest clusters of COVID-19 as the pandemic spread globally early this year. Looking to cut costs as COVID-19 ravaged the cruise industry Carnival Cruise Line sold six ships for scrap.
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. Cruise ship dismantling booms in Turkey after pandemic scuttles sector Cruise ships were home to some of the earliest clusters of COVID-19 as the pandemic spread globally early this year.
