Astoria has reached the final scrapyard where she will end her days after more than 70 years of ocean liner service.

It was a Memorial Day Weekend tragedy onboard the famed 50-year old S.S. Norway, when an explosion rocked 2,000 passengers from their bunks ... Old Cruise Ships: Save ‘em or Scrap ‘em?

ABANDONED AT SEA. Some cruise ships don't even make it as far as the knacker's yard. Ocean liner America (1933), which later became American Star, was being towed across the Atlantic in 1993 for ...

"There's not a huge list of buyers for 30- to 40-year-old cruise ships, either." Despite the boost in scrapping, cruise lines have kept growing. The number of CLIA-member ships has grown to 293 ...

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The Maxim Gorkiy has been sold for scrap, just months after the 40-year-old ship was slated to enter service for the relaunch of Orient Lines, according to MaritimeMatters.com.

The cruise industry was hit hard by the pandemic, and no-sail orders put in place by some countries. Some ships have been sent for scrap earlier than planned. 'We didn't see daylight for days' on ...

Hundreds of cruise ships usually traverse the world’s waters, but right now – with the cruise industry on an indefinite hold due to the coronavirus pandemic – they’re mostly laid up at sea ...

Decommissioned cruise ships often end up in scrapyards where they're pulled apart. But others have been repurposed as floating hotels and artificial reefs. Photos show how the massive vessels have ...

The floatel operator acquired its largest ship, the 561-foot-long MV Isabelle X, in 2023. In its past life, the 35-year-old vessel sailed around the Baltic Sea as one of Estonia-based Tallink ...

Ibrahim Desooky, a 27-year-old architectural designer in the Miami office of CallisonRTKL, decided to research the feasibility of such a thing after noticing that a record number of ships were ...