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Cruise line companies have sold their massive ships for scrap overseas after the pandemic wrecked the industry. Here's a look inside ship-breaking yards.
Decommissioned cruise ships are being dismantled at Aliaga ship-breaking yard in the Aegean port ci…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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When big ships go out of service, they go to a graveyard in India - but work there has ground to a halt as oxygen is diverted to fight COVID
Oxygen is vital to operate the hissing gas torches that slice large chunks of metal ships at the Al…
Cheryl Teh
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Photos of abandoned, stripped cruise ships show how deeply the cruise industry is sinking
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a no-sail order in March, which it chan…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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A Soviet attack submarine crashed into a US aircraft carrier 40 years ago during the Cold War. It was a bad day for the sub.
During the Cold War, the Soviet submarine K-314 crashed into the USS Kitty Hawk, an American aircra…
Ella Sherman
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Here's what happens to cruise ships when they die
Cruise ships are rarely outright abandoned as they can be stripped for valuable materials or retrof…
Lloyd Lee
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The US Navy sold 2 obsolete aircraft carriers to scrap dealers for a cent each
Breaking up an old ship is a costly process. The US Navy sold two aircraft carriers to a firm that …
Thomas Colson
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A last-of-its-kind US Navy aircraft carrier is headed to the scrapyard after being sold for a cent
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk was in mothballs for over a decade before it was sold to a ship…
Julie Coleman
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How $300 million Carnival cruise ships are demolished in Turkey
Demolishing cruise ships is one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Here's how workers in Turkey st…
Abby Narishkin,Steve Cameron,…
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US Navy aircraft carrier to be broken down for just a cent arrives at scrapyard after 16,000-mile final voyage
The warship served for nearly 50 years and spent more than a decade in mothballs before the Navy ma…
Ryan Pickrell
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Beyond the cruise ship graveyard: How old cruise boats get a second life as hotels, shelters, and artificial reefs
Decommissioned cruise ships often end up in scrapyards where they are torn apart piece-by-piece. Ot…
Brittany Chang,Hannah Towey
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Crowdfunding platform YieldStreet reportedly under SEC and FBI examination over investments
The agencies are reportedly focused on YieldStreet's sale of some $90 million in notes linked to sh…
Ben Winck
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How 'House of the Dragon' made an important change to this tragic death in the season one finale
In episode 10 of HBO's first "Game of Thrones" prequel series, the way dragons and their riders are…
Kim Renfro
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A COVID triple-mutant found in India could be much more deadly, and may be resistant to existing vaccines
Researchers are describing it as an "immune escape variant," as vaccinated people who were previous…
Cheryl Teh
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Photos shows luxury cruise ships being broken up at a dock in Turkey as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreck the industry
The cruise industry has been decimated by COVID-19 after multiple outbreaks occurred at sea and the…
Sophia Ankel
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ED attaches Rs 10-cr assets in Surat hawala scam case
New Delhi, Jan 17 () Assets worth about Rs 10 crore of a Mumbai-based businessman have been attache…