Giant Cruise Ships Will Be Shattered in Izmir

With the new type of coronavirus epidemic, the giant cruise ships remaining in the ports are one by one. to be dismantled started. In the past years, it was a 22,000-ton giant and was used by the British Navy for 32 years. former flagship Lusty from ship recycling centers where it is dismantled In Izmir Aliaga Currently, the dismantling work of 5 ships continues.

With the coronavirus epidemic, many giants traveller ship remained idle. The fact that some cruise ships caught the epidemic in the open sea, that no country accepted ships with coronavirus cases detected on board, and that the epidemic spread rapidly on the ships damaged the image of cruise ships.

Giant cruise ships will be disassembled in Aliağa:

Uncertainty continues as to when the virus epidemic, which broke out in China in late 2019, will end. Uncertainty about what scenario the epidemic will take in the future and when it will end, the future of cruise ships It also makes it uncertain. Now, some of these giant cruise ships are being towed to the facilities in Izmir's Aliağa district to be dismantled.

According to the news shared by Reuters news agency, the Turkish ship dismantling industry, which turned the epidemic into an opportunity, at the beginning of the year 700 thousand tons The target of obtaining steel from ship dismantling by 2020 to 1.1 million tons raised it.

Dismantling works are currently ongoing in Aliağa. 5 ships It is stated that 3 more ships will be added to these 5 ships. In the facilities, not only the metal of the ships, but also their windows, floors, railings and walls are removed.

Ships arrived from the USA, Britain and Italy:

In the pre-pandemic period, mainly cargo And container of their ships There are currently cruise ships in the facilities where it was dismantled. Kamil Önal, President of the Ship Recycling Manufacturers Association, said that it takes approximately 30 minutes to completely dismantle a cruise ship and disassemble it into pieces. 6 months time He said that a total of 2500 workers work in the facilities, and ships from Italy, the USA and Britain come to the region.