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Old October 20th, 2020, 01:17 PM posted to uk.politics.misc, rec.travel, rec.travel.cruises, aus.politics, talk.politics.misc
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Default Cruise ship industry floundering, ships being sold for recycling

On 19 Oct 2020, Busta Capp wrote
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"news18" wrote in message ...

On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:41:25 -0400, Phantom_View wrote:

In any case, it is a horrible waste to just scrap the things.


The cruise lines will start with their oldest ships, sending them
off to the breakers as the passenger lists -- and profits -- shrink.

Some of these ships are not built for maintenance. It might cost more/the
same/close to the cost to strip and reline compared to the cost of a new
ship. Hint. some ships are built from the ground up with the engine(s)
going in just after the bottom of the hull is laid, and they are thus not
maintainable, so they have to be considered as very worn.


At a billion bucks a pop nowadays, they better figure some way of
recouping their costs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-E8rFt5Cvo


Only a mere billion? I’m surprised Bill Gates doesn’t have one, in order
to experiment with how many minions he would need to keep him and his cronies
in the lifestyle he demands while being able to sail as far away from the
pandemic, and then WW3, as possible.

I see Trump is going to lift the ban on cruise ships in the US just before
election day, in another example of his desperate search for someone to vote
for him.



They're no good if they become floating "pest houses":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLzEkge8wW0