The recycling of a cruise ship

[jimbo5544]

I would love our local expert’s take on this.

 

 

 

https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/doing-right-thing-carnival-corp-ensures-safe-recycling-its-fun-ships-pair

[ULCajunCruiser]

Interesting.  I'd never considered the complexities of scrapping a ship.   Good to see them seriously consider the environmental impact!!   Thanks for the link.

[wo5m]

I'm not saying there isn't an environmental impact, I just think its not as great as people think. Having been a diver for over 20 years, I have dove many wrecks, some where intentional sinking while other where accidents, but they all have one thing in common. Marine life always flourishes around them. That is what makes them popular diving attractions. A while back I dove an small oil tanker(see two attached pictures from the dive) that went down in the last 10-15 years ago, yet with all that oil and everything else onboard, marine life in exploding around it.