How $300 Million Cruise Ships Are Demolished | Big Business

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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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[@Ted_Swayinghill]

The carnival imagination was the first ship I worked on as a musician…such a bittersweet feeling

[@josephastier7421]

This is a really nice breakers yard. In other places it's barefoot 14 year olds running the cutting torches.

[@AggyThomas]

People don’t seem to understand. If the cruise line couldn’t afford to keep them in basic operation, what makes anyone think someone else can afford to use them as a housing unit? Basic operational cost is extremely high

[@UnknownReloader]

I wonder what the profit margin is on a 100,000+ ton cruise ship with scrap steel at $320/ton (US prices). Seems like a steal for some steel to me.

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

This Whole industry needs to ensure that employees are paid fairly and given PROPER PPE for the dangerous work done.

[@SPPhotography89]

Carnival Fantasy, Carnival Imagination, and Carnival Inspiration

[@mostHumblePersonAlive]

Those are absolutely beautiful ships and I hate seeing them being ripped apart like this.

[@obfuscated3090]

Good! More steel for Turkey which can do the work in a safety regulation-compliant manner to EU standards. It would be cheap enough to add safety harnesses and respirators though. (Torch work itself is not difficult, I've done plenty, but breathing the fumes is unwise.) This is a far more professional operation than those at Alang etc. Good (temporary) riddance to the cruise industry which is mostly waste, but it will rebound as always and higher vessel turnover means more modern, safer vessels replacing old ships.

[@buildintotrains]

I remember cruising on the Inspiration as a kid with my famility back in 2006. Good times but super strange feeling to see it in this video about to be dismantled

[@llllll-ux2lz]

How can i buy the old gym equipment from these ships?

[@HippieArtHousewife]

So heartbreaking to see my favorite ships like this. Fantasy class ships were my favorite. The others are so big & too many people. Fantasy was our 1st cruise and took 2 on Inspiration.

[@joshuapinkham2925]

is there an online site where they auction off what they take from the ship that an every buyer can buy?

[@atomsmash100]

Hard to see the Sovereign class ships there for scrapping. Sovereign of the Seas was groundbreaking when first launched.

[@edwardvicente7555]

Damn, the covid cost billion for the cruise industry

[@aaron___6014]

Man, we are so wasteful.

[@DL30Creations]

Watching years of people's happiness and dreams torn apart is very depressing. All the memories those walls helped build now torn apart. I was on Carnival Sensation once and now it is going through this year long tortureeous death is very sad. 😢

[@Islandmixtv]

Heartbreaking to watch the destruction of those nice ships

[@cjgparas3]

Such short sighted solution. Just due to shutdown by pandemic.

[@gracindogourgel5995]

Muito bom

[@jst1man]

Yep, but man do the shipyards out some of the most toxic waste. Image the other shipyards that aren't regulated. But then you don't see green peace showing up in those or hearing about them.