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How $300 Million Cruise Ships Are Demolished | Big Business
https://www.youtube.com ^ | May 16, 2021 | Business Insider

Posted on 05/16/2021 9:36:42 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

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, Carnival's Fantasy, Imagination, and Inspiration ships are in the process of being demolished. Here, workers cut apart and recycle every piece of these massive ships. It's one of most dangerous jobs in the world. And it's only gotten harder as more cruise ships arrive on Aliaga's shores.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: liner; ocean; scrap

1 posted on 05/16/2021 9:36:42 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Bezos could have saved money on a yacht by converting one of those ships.


2 posted on 05/16/2021 10:05:04 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: RomanSoldier19

Something like 70% of the US cruise industry customer base is now vaccinated against Covid.


3 posted on 05/16/2021 10:07:20 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: RomanSoldier19

Instead of demolishing, wouldn’t it be a great deal easier to scuttle and collect?


4 posted on 05/16/2021 10:21:36 PM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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So no cruise ship companies are owned by cronies of pelosi or shumer


5 posted on 05/16/2021 10:24:05 PM PDT by dsrtsage
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To: RomanSoldier19
Well I don't know abut Cruise ships but I just spent 2 hours viewing the TiTanic wreckage. Fascinating and learned allot I didn't know...

But I'd never take a Cruise....prefer my feet stay on dry land!

6 posted on 05/16/2021 10:38:23 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Brian Griffin
Thought I would check
This site shows cruise lines that doesn't require be poisoned before going on vacation
Celestyal Cruises
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
MSC Cruises
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Sea Cloud Cruises
Tauck
Sea Cloud Cruises
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/cruise-line-covid-vaccine-policy/
7 posted on 05/16/2021 10:40:38 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: RomanSoldier19

Make them into jails or for the homeless.


8 posted on 05/17/2021 12:43:26 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: shanover

9 posted on 05/17/2021 12:55:41 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Sea Cloud Cruises provides lots of sun and wind below the sails. :)


10 posted on 05/17/2021 2:06:43 AM PDT by Does so (The Media is the enemy of the people...Trial lawyers close behind...)
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