"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

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