13/10/2020
Cruise ship industry news. Some of the old cruise ships are now sold for Scrap Metal. Entire industry is going down.
Business is up 30% at the Aliaga ship recycling port in Izmir, Turkey. In this drone shot, 5 luxury cruise ships are seen being broken down for scrap metal.
With the global coronavirus pandemic pushing the multi-billion dollar cruise industry into crisis, some cruise operators have been forced to cut losses and retire ships earlier than planned.
The cruise industry has been one of the hardest hit industries with public confidence in cruise holidays plummeting after a series of outbreaks occurred on cruise liners as the pandemic spread. The crisis however has bolstered the years intake of ships at the Aliaga ship recycling port with business up 30% on the previous year.