The pandemic caused Carnival, Costa, and Pullmantur Cruise Lines to send ships to be broken down in Turkey
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Carnival Cruise Line sold six ships for scrap, which were taken to the Aliağa ship breaking yards. The job of breaking down these large ships is one of the most dangerous and the added load has only made it harder.
“The owners could not find customers so they sent their ships to Aliağa,” Emre Aras, a project manager at Avsar Gemi Sokum told Insider.
The process starts with captains coordinating with harbormasters to beach the ships in Turkey.
“Then the bowl front of the vessel is grounded on the shore while the stern still floats,” Aras said.
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