Cruise ship graveyards: Where do abandoned ships go to die?
The tear-down process for abandoned ships. A shipbreaker works to disassemble part of a scrapped vessel at Alang in India. JASON EDWARDS/GETTY IMAGES. "At both places, ships are run up onto the shore and gradually cut down," Peter Knego, a journalist and ocean liner historian who runs the YouTube channel Peter Knego's MidShipCinema, told TPG.
Cruise Ship Graveyards: Where The World's Biggest Boats Go To Die
In the Aliaga shipyard, they use a landing method. ... According to Cheddar, Carnival Cruise Line, as of Jan 2021, had sold 19 cruise ships, which was 12% of its total pre-pandemic fleet. In ...
Inside eerie abandoned cruise ship frozen in time after being scrapped
Bookmark. Fascinating photographs capture inside an abandoned cruise ship left frozen in time for nearly four years. MS Astor is destined for the scrapyard after 33 years at sea, taking passengers ...
Then a huge team of around 2500 ship breakers begin taking the huge vessel apart. The process usually begins at the bow, with workers making their way through the ship until they reach the stern.
Cruise Ship Graveyard: Where are Abandoned Ships Dismantled
4: Alang Ship Breaking Yard. The Alang Ship Breaking Yard in India, known as the world's largest scrap yard and a cruise ship graveyard, plays a critical role in the scrapping industry. This facility is home to 183 full-sized ship docks where various ships, including cruise ships, aircraft carriers, and oil tankers, are dismantled.
Uncovering the Secrets of the Cruise Ship Graveyard
1. The Alang Ship Breaking Yard in Alang, India. 2. The Aliağa Ship Recycling Yard in Aliağa, Turkey. 3. The Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard in Faujdarhat, Bangladesh. 4. Gadani Ship Breaking Yard ...
Aliaga ship-breaking yard in Turkey demolishes cruise ships
We take you inside the yard turning these floating hotels into this. Before the pandemic, the Aliaga ship-breaking yards were pretty quiet. Normally, the 22 yards only demolished a few dozen cargo ...
Inside India's maritime graveyard, where cruise ships go to die
At this Indian recycling facility more than 50 percent of the world's abandoned and decommissioned cruise ships are dismantled in 183 self-contained ship-breaking yards, each employing around ...
Photos: Retired cruise ships dismantled in the wake of Covid-19
In this photo, dated October 2, only a few recognizable features remain intact. Big numbers: Some 30 million passengers cruised in 2019, creating a demand for more ships and fueling a $150 billion ...
Photos of abandoned, stripped cruise ships show how deeply the cruise
Most cruise companies voluntarily renewed the no-sail order through 2020 as they figure out these new measures.Ahead of the coronavirus pandemic, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the ...
Inside cruise ship graveyard where abandoned pleasure vessels are
WELCOME to the place where over 670 abandoned ships have gone to die including giant multi-million pound cruises. The Aliağa shipyard in western Turkey is one of the largest ship recycling facilities in Europe and sees pleasure vessels stripped apart and left to rot everyday.
Photos of Scrapped Cruise Ships Reveal a Struggling Industry
Photos of abandoned, stripped cruise ships show how deeply the cruise industry is sinking. Sophie-Claire Hoeller. 2020-11-22T13:26:00Z ... but it depends on both the vessel and the shipyard.
Discovering Abandoned Cruise Ships and Ocean Liners
Queen Elizabeth 2. The Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2 for short, is a retired British cruise ship that carried out countless transatlantic voyages during her heyday. While it was considered one of the ...
Bail-Out Pact Appears Within Reach for Major Cruise Shipyard
Carnival Cruise Line is among brands that have recently placed orders for mega-ships. In February and March of 2024, the cruise line announced contracts with Meyer Werft for two Excel-class ships ...
Amazingly creepy pictures of an abandoned cruise ship graveyard
One of the abandoned ships is the MS Astor that first hit the waters in 1986 and carried passengers on cruises for 34 years before arriving in a graveyard of ships destined for the scrapyard. One image shows a retro bar, frozen in time, with drinks still on the tables. In another harrowing picture, a deep empty crater sits where the pool once ...
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. By Ceylan Yeginsu. Oct. 30, 2020 ...
Inside cruise ship graveyard where abandoned pleasure vessels are
One of the abandoned ships is the MS Astor that first hit the waters in 1986 and carried passengers on cruises for 34 years before arriving in a graveyard of ships destined for the scrapyard.
Germany's Scholz pledges that his government will help rescue a
BERLIN -- Germany's government will help rescue a major German shipyard that has solid orders for new cruise ships but has run into financial difficulty, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday ...
Decommissioned and Abandoned Cruise Ships: What Happens When They
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.
Germany Near Rescue Deal for Cruise Ship Builder Meyer Werft
The German government is working on a potential lifeline for struggling shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH, the privately-held company that just days ago won a follow-on contract to supply vessels for ...
The Secret NYC Graveyard Where Ships Go to Die
Dozens of ghostly ships, in various states of decay, were abandoned decades ago in this isolated corner of New York City. 1 / 7. Will Van Dorp. Hila. The Arthur Kill ship graveyard was never meant ...
Inside abandoned Carnival Inspiration cruise ship
Built during the 1990s at the Helsinki New Shipyard, the cruise ship set out for its maiden voyage on April 1, 1996. ... The Carnival Inspiration has joined over 670 abandoned ships in the cruise ...
Ghost Ships: 5 Cruise Ships That Are Currently In Limbo
Built in 2000 for Princess Cruises as their Ocean Princess, the vessel was removed from service just two years later and sent to P&O Cruises under the name Oceana. The ship is the fourth, and last ...
Where Do Cruise Ships Go To Die? The Dismantling Process
About 30% are sent to scrap yards in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other scrap yards in India. The rest go to scrap yards in China and Turkey. In addition to the one in Alang, India, some of the most ...
Where are cruise ships built?
The cruise line's third and fourth cruise ships, 2011's Disney Dream and 2012's Disney Fantasy, were also constructed by Meyer Werft, while its first two vessels, 1998's Disney Magic and 1999's ...
Germany's Scholz pledges that his government will help rescue a
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's government will help rescue a major German shipyard that has solid orders for new cruise ships but has run into financial difficulty, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday. Meyer Werft employs more than 3,000 people in Papenburg on the Ems river in northwestern Germany, near the Dutch border. The company has build 58 ...
Germany's Scholz vows to keep luxury shipbuilder afloat
The German government is working on a deal to secure the future of Meyer Werft, a 229-year-old shipyard and one of the world's largest cruise ship builders, Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured workers ...
Cruise ships torn apart after coronavirus sell off
Courtesy Chris McGrath/Getty Images. Photos: Retired cruise ships dismantled in the wake of Covid-19. 1 of 12. CNN —. On the beach, once-gleaming vessels lie dilapidated, their innards exposed ...
10 Largest Ship Graveyards in the World
1. Bay of Nouadhibou. Located in Mauritania, this passage of water is regarded unequivocally across the world as being the world's largest ship graveyard. It is said that more than 300 vessels can be found in this graveyard, both in the water and on land.
The Unloved Boats: 8 Abandoned Cruise Ships & Liners
The 4,450 ton, 1,800 passenger steamer operated as a passenger ferry on the Heysham-Belfast route and as a cruise ship calling at a variety of European ports from Spain to Norway for the better part of two decades. In November of 1978, the venerable Duke was retired from service on the seas… a new, landlocked career was about to begin.
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The tear-down process for abandoned ships. A shipbreaker works to disassemble part of a scrapped vessel at Alang in India. JASON EDWARDS/GETTY IMAGES. "At both places, ships are run up onto the shore and gradually cut down," Peter Knego, a journalist and ocean liner historian who runs the YouTube channel Peter Knego's MidShipCinema, told TPG.
In the Aliaga shipyard, they use a landing method. ... According to Cheddar, Carnival Cruise Line, as of Jan 2021, had sold 19 cruise ships, which was 12% of its total pre-pandemic fleet. In ...
Bookmark. Fascinating photographs capture inside an abandoned cruise ship left frozen in time for nearly four years. MS Astor is destined for the scrapyard after 33 years at sea, taking passengers ...
Then a huge team of around 2500 ship breakers begin taking the huge vessel apart. The process usually begins at the bow, with workers making their way through the ship until they reach the stern.
4: Alang Ship Breaking Yard. The Alang Ship Breaking Yard in India, known as the world's largest scrap yard and a cruise ship graveyard, plays a critical role in the scrapping industry. This facility is home to 183 full-sized ship docks where various ships, including cruise ships, aircraft carriers, and oil tankers, are dismantled.
1. The Alang Ship Breaking Yard in Alang, India. 2. The Aliağa Ship Recycling Yard in Aliağa, Turkey. 3. The Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard in Faujdarhat, Bangladesh. 4. Gadani Ship Breaking Yard ...
We take you inside the yard turning these floating hotels into this. Before the pandemic, the Aliaga ship-breaking yards were pretty quiet. Normally, the 22 yards only demolished a few dozen cargo ...
At this Indian recycling facility more than 50 percent of the world's abandoned and decommissioned cruise ships are dismantled in 183 self-contained ship-breaking yards, each employing around ...
In this photo, dated October 2, only a few recognizable features remain intact. Big numbers: Some 30 million passengers cruised in 2019, creating a demand for more ships and fueling a $150 billion ...
Most cruise companies voluntarily renewed the no-sail order through 2020 as they figure out these new measures.Ahead of the coronavirus pandemic, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the ...
WELCOME to the place where over 670 abandoned ships have gone to die including giant multi-million pound cruises. The Aliağa shipyard in western Turkey is one of the largest ship recycling facilities in Europe and sees pleasure vessels stripped apart and left to rot everyday.
Photos of abandoned, stripped cruise ships show how deeply the cruise industry is sinking. Sophie-Claire Hoeller. 2020-11-22T13:26:00Z ... but it depends on both the vessel and the shipyard.
Queen Elizabeth 2. The Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2 for short, is a retired British cruise ship that carried out countless transatlantic voyages during her heyday. While it was considered one of the ...
Carnival Cruise Line is among brands that have recently placed orders for mega-ships. In February and March of 2024, the cruise line announced contracts with Meyer Werft for two Excel-class ships ...
One of the abandoned ships is the MS Astor that first hit the waters in 1986 and carried passengers on cruises for 34 years before arriving in a graveyard of ships destined for the scrapyard. One image shows a retro bar, frozen in time, with drinks still on the tables. In another harrowing picture, a deep empty crater sits where the pool once ...
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. By Ceylan Yeginsu. Oct. 30, 2020 ...
One of the abandoned ships is the MS Astor that first hit the waters in 1986 and carried passengers on cruises for 34 years before arriving in a graveyard of ships destined for the scrapyard.
BERLIN -- Germany's government will help rescue a major German shipyard that has solid orders for new cruise ships but has run into financial difficulty, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday ...
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.
The German government is working on a potential lifeline for struggling shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH, the privately-held company that just days ago won a follow-on contract to supply vessels for ...
Dozens of ghostly ships, in various states of decay, were abandoned decades ago in this isolated corner of New York City. 1 / 7. Will Van Dorp. Hila. The Arthur Kill ship graveyard was never meant ...
Built during the 1990s at the Helsinki New Shipyard, the cruise ship set out for its maiden voyage on April 1, 1996. ... The Carnival Inspiration has joined over 670 abandoned ships in the cruise ...
Built in 2000 for Princess Cruises as their Ocean Princess, the vessel was removed from service just two years later and sent to P&O Cruises under the name Oceana. The ship is the fourth, and last ...
About 30% are sent to scrap yards in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other scrap yards in India. The rest go to scrap yards in China and Turkey. In addition to the one in Alang, India, some of the most ...
The cruise line's third and fourth cruise ships, 2011's Disney Dream and 2012's Disney Fantasy, were also constructed by Meyer Werft, while its first two vessels, 1998's Disney Magic and 1999's ...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's government will help rescue a major German shipyard that has solid orders for new cruise ships but has run into financial difficulty, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday. Meyer Werft employs more than 3,000 people in Papenburg on the Ems river in northwestern Germany, near the Dutch border. The company has build 58 ...
The German government is working on a deal to secure the future of Meyer Werft, a 229-year-old shipyard and one of the world's largest cruise ship builders, Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured workers ...
Courtesy Chris McGrath/Getty Images. Photos: Retired cruise ships dismantled in the wake of Covid-19. 1 of 12. CNN —. On the beach, once-gleaming vessels lie dilapidated, their innards exposed ...
1. Bay of Nouadhibou. Located in Mauritania, this passage of water is regarded unequivocally across the world as being the world's largest ship graveyard. It is said that more than 300 vessels can be found in this graveyard, both in the water and on land.
The 4,450 ton, 1,800 passenger steamer operated as a passenger ferry on the Heysham-Belfast route and as a cruise ship calling at a variety of European ports from Spain to Norway for the better part of two decades. In November of 1978, the venerable Duke was retired from service on the seas… a new, landlocked career was about to begin.