Cruise ship dismantling booms after pandemic scuttles sector

, where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the Covid-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry, the head of a ship recyclers’ group said on Friday.

Cruise ships were home to the some of the earliest clusters of Covid-19 as the pandemic spread globally early this year.On Friday, dozens of workers stripped walls, windows, floors and railings from several vessels in the dock in, a town 45km north of Izmir on Turkey’s west coast. Three more ships are set to join those already being dismantled.

Five luxury cruise ships are seen being broken down for scrap metal at the Aliaga ship recycling port on October 02, 2020 in Izmir, Turkey. Photograph: Chris McGrath/GettyWith 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.

Onal said some 2,500 people worked at the yard in teams that take around six months to dismantle a full passenger ship. The vessels arrived from Britain,

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