Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

These luxury cruise ships are being sold for scrap metal (pandemic casualty stats)

#1
C C Offline
https://gizmodo.com/these-luxury-cruise-...1845328219

INTRO: From afar, the cruise ships in these photos [video below] almost look like toys, perhaps LEGO models being taken apart for new creations. But these are not toys; they’re real cruise ships. They’re being broken down for scrap metal as yet another casualty of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has docked ships across the globe. With 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.

As many of you probably know, it wasn’t always like this for cruise ships. Life pre-coronavirus, which seems like ages ago, painted a picture of a very vibrant industry (even though it’s actually rotten to its core.) According to CNN, the cruise industry had 30 million passengers in 2019. It was a $150 billion industry that employed 1.2 million people. This rosy tale of success came to a screeching halt when the coronavirus started appearing on ships and spread like wildfire.

The cruise industry has been one of the hardest hit industries with public confidence in cruise holidays plummeting after a series of outbreaks occurred on cruise liners as the pandemic spread... (MORE)


https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WzdFRWBPkJ4
Reply


Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Article CDC reports highest childhood vaccine exemption rate ever in the U.S. (stats) C C 0 73 Nov 13, 2023 03:55 AM
Last Post: C C
  Article Swedish scientist: Eat humans to combat climate change (cadaver stats) C C 0 65 Jun 23, 2023 05:56 PM
Last Post: C C
  Sexual Activity Is on the Decline. Why are we having less sex? (stats) C C 1 284 Sep 19, 2022 12:53 AM
Last Post: Yazata
  Record levels of gun violence & the Democrats’ dilemma (stats & polls) C C 0 61 Jan 26, 2022 07:04 AM
Last Post: C C
  Nearly 25% of children & teens involuntarily admitted to psychiatric hospital (stats) C C 0 192 Apr 28, 2021 04:25 AM
Last Post: C C
  ER visits for suicidal behavior declined during first 8 months of pandemic (stats) C C 1 95 Apr 14, 2021 08:49 PM
Last Post: Syne
  Stats: Chicago has wide racial health gap & death rate + Childhood cancer survivors C C 1 140 Jan 25, 2021 06:36 PM
Last Post: Syne
  Narcissists love being pandemic essential workers C C 1 290 Nov 25, 2020 07:36 PM
Last Post: Leigha
  Why are tornado casualty rates higher in some regions than others? C C 0 274 Nov 5, 2019 02:45 AM
Last Post: C C
  When courtroom science goes wrong - & how stats can fix it (comic strip presentation) C C 2 330 Oct 16, 2018 05:48 AM
Last Post: Syne



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)