Global Dream is about 80% finished, Christoph Morgen, an insolvency administrator, told the German radio station NDR.
Posted on 06/20/2022 6:57:50 PM PDT by dynachrome
A massive unfinished cruise ship is likely to be sold for scrap after its maker declared bankruptcy because no one wants to buy it, the German cruise-industry magazine An Bord first reported.
Attempts are being made to sell some of the fixtures and engines from Global Dream II, Christoph Morgen, an insolvency administrator at Brinkmann & Partner, said at a press conference, according to An Bord.
After that, the vessel's half-finished keel — complete only in the lower-hull area — will be sold for scrap, Morgen said, according to An Bord.
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But the ship was designed for service in Asia, and a new owner would have to spend a significant amount of money redesigning its cabin, deck, and drive concept if it wanted to deploy it elsewhere in the world, An Bord said.
“The 1,122-foot ship was intended to fit more than 9,000 passengers across 2,500 cabins”
Nearly 4 passengers per cabin. No wonder no one wanted it, as you’ll likely get stuck with roommates that you never knew until you get into your cabin.
Global Dream is about 80% finished, Christoph Morgen, an insolvency administrator, told the German radio station NDR.
Maybe right-hand drive?, lol!
Leave it on a chicongo street and it’ll be stripped in no time!
Although I get that some people enjoy this sort of thing, I would never set foot on one of those monstrosities.
Have the ecoli and dysentery growth reactors even been installed yet?
Not joking .. probably emissions regulations plays a big part, and then there are detail design specs for many aspects, control, navigation, communication, safety facilities, depending on what the flag country will be.
Not much use for cruises. Being trapped in an enclosed space with hundreds or thousands of other people with the entire stay choreographed and brief stops are at places where the choreography continues... No thanks. Feel ALMOST the same way about “all inclusive” resorts.
Your mileage may vary, so I’m passing judgment if you enjoy that kind of thing.
I lived in Istanbul for several months back in the 80s. Merchants near the port where the cruise ships docked had two separate sets of prices tags in their shops. One was the normal price. They replaced those prices with the cruise ship pricing when there was one docked for the day. Not just souvenirs: this even applied to bags of chips and bottles of coke. The cruise ship passengers were utterly clueless. So if you do enjoy cruises, and when you have a stop, get away from the docks and away from the tourist areas before you shop. Far away.
So I don’t particularly care what happens to this ship when it’s broken up for razor blades.
On the Raritan River, just west of New Brunswick, there was a Staten Island ferry parked (just in view of the Route 1 bridge). This was back in the late 70s
Some guy bought it, dreaming of making it into a restaurant. Never came about, but once in a while you could see the guy sitting on deck, smoking a cigar.
Was kind of bittersweet, seeing him sitting there, contemplating what might have been.
I wonder how much it costs to per day keep it in the MV Werften dock?
Article says the ships internal components are for sale.
So much for the chance to break the record set by the Wilhelm Gustloff.
Could be safety equipment and fittings are up to western standards.
Was the Amber Room on it somewhere or is it buried in the Konigsberg rubble?
I am willing to be open minded about this, but personally being on a huge floating hotel, with only ~10% of its height below the waterline is not my idea of fun. Further, when I go on a vacation I don’t want to bring 9000 people along with me.
I’d prefer being in a sleeping bag at 7500 ft, watching shooting stars as I fall asleep.
Interesting question.
Sell it to the Russian who keeps getting his yacht ripped off 🤪
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