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COVID-19 Cruise Ship Decommissions - Cruising Earth
COVID-19 Cruise Ship Decommissions
COVID-19 Cruise Ship Decommissions
The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the global cruise industry, leading to significant financial losses, operational disruptions, and a decline in passenger demand. As a result, many cruise ships were either fast-tracked into early retirement or unexpectedly decommissioned. This page provides a comprehensive list of these cruise ships, detailing their names, specifications, years of service, reasons for decommissioning, and their final fates—whether they were scrapped, repurposed, or laid up indefinitely. Explore how the pandemic reshaped the cruise industry by accelerating the end of service for these iconic vessels.
- 1Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap (1.7 million USD) and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey on November 24, 2020. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 2Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap in 2020. Still awaiting scrapping. It could possible be resold and brought back into service.
- 3Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteIn April 2021 she was sold for scrap. On May 17, 2021 the ship was beached in Aliağa for scrapping. She started to be dismantled on July 10, 2021.
- 4Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey in July 2020. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 5Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey in August 2020. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 6Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey in July 2020. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 7Decommissioned2022Decomm NoteSold for scrap (11M USD) and beached in Aliağa, Turkey on April 5, 2022. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 8Decommissioned2021Decomm NoteSold for scrap in September 2021. Sailed to the Gadani Ship Breaking Yard in Pakistan for scrapping and beached on December 3rd, 2021.
- 9Decommissioned2021Decomm NoteIn October 2021, Century Harmony was sold to Nina Services Corp, managed in Singapore, for demolition. She arrived at a scrapyard in Gadani, Pakistan on February 9, 2022 and beached on February 18, 2022.
- 10Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and arrived in Piombino, Italy on June 23, 2020. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 11Decommissioned2021Decomm NoteIn 2021, Brock Pierce bought the 60 years old ship Funchal, which was laid up in Lisbon for 8 years. He spent $8.3 million USD (Purchase $1.9 million USD + Refurbishing $6.4 million USD) to refurbish the ship with 200 rooms into a floating 5-star hotel.
- 12Decommissioned2022Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey on July 11, 2022. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 13Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey in January 2021. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 14Decommissioned2022Decomm NoteFollowing the collapse of Pullmantur in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ship was laid up in the Mediterranean. After 2 years and no offers Horizon was eventually beached in and scraped in Aliağa, Turkey in August 2022.
- 15Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Alang, India. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 16Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Alang, India on January 30, 2021. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 17Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey on January 6, 2021. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 18Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap in 2020 and awaiting a beaching slot in Aliağa, Turkey. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 19Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold to Turkish shipbreakers and laid up at Perama, Greece. A Covid-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 20Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey on July 22, 2020. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 21Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Alang, India on July 27, 2021. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 22Decommissioned2021Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Alang, India on January 1, 2021. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 23Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteBegan listing and capsized after the ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut Harbor on August 4, 2020.
- 24Decommissioned2022Decomm Noten July 2022 the ship was renamed Pearl and was towed from Greece to Aliağa, Turkey for scrapping,
- 25Decommissioned2020Decomm NoteSold for scrap and was beached in Aliağa, Turkey on July 23, 2020. A COVID-19 Pandemic related loss.
- 26Decommissioned2022Decomm NoteIn April 2022 Star Pisces, along with SuperStar Aquarius and SuperStar Gemini, was sold for demolition, following the collapse of Star Cruises' parent company, Genting Hong Kong. Star Pisces was sold to a scrapyard in Alang, India. She was beached on 12 July 2022.
- 27Decommissioned2022Decomm NoteThe SuperStar Aquarius was decommissioned and beached for scrapping in Alang, India, on November 26, 2022, following the bankruptcy of its parent company, Genting Hong Kong. The ship, along with its sister ship SuperStar Gemini, had been laid up in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, since late June 2022 before its final voyage to the Alang shipbreaking yard.
- 28Decommissioned2022Decomm NoteIn April 2022, it was announced that SuperStar Gemini along with SuperStar Aquarius and Star Pisces were all sold for scrap, following the collapse of Star Cruises' parent company, Genting Hong Kong. On 29 May 2022, the ship departed from Penang for scrapping in Alang, India.
- 29Decommissioned2021Decomm NoteOn November 3, 2021 she was moved by tugs to a nearby berth in Wismar Harbour to be prepared for scrap in Turkey.
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