{"id":159104,"date":"2022-06-23T22:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T22:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=159104"},"modified":"2022-06-23T22:02:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T22:02:57","slug":"giant-9000-person-cruise-ship-sent-to-scrap-heap-before-its-ever-set-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/giant-9000-person-cruise-ship-sent-to-scrap-heap-before-its-ever-set-sail\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant 9,000-person cruise ship sent to scrap heap – before it’s ever set sail"},"content":{"rendered":"
The world's largest cruise ships is getting scrapped \u2013 and it hadn't even set sail yet.<\/p>\n
The Global Dream II ship is a 9,000 person passenger ship, but nobody wants to buy it.<\/p>\n
It is currently located inside a German shipyard waiting to have some of its fixtures as well as its engines ripped out and sold.<\/p>\n
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The rest of it will be sold for scrap, while the partly-finished hull is for sale.<\/p>\n
It was built by MV Wefrten, according to German cruise-industry magazine An Bord, and accommodates more passengers than any other cruise ship.<\/p>\n
The ship was owned by Genting Hong Kong, but they filled for bankruptcy at the start of this year.<\/p>\n
The first Global Dream ship is also unfinished in the same dock, but time is running out to find a buyer for the pair as the shipyard is going to make only submarines from 2024.<\/p>\n
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Images of Global Dreams II show a modern cruise-liner with a water park on the top deck, a huge posh cinema inside and enough bedrooms for 9,000 passengers across 20 decks.<\/p>\n
The exterior of the ship was covered in elaborate art, including a multi-coloured astronaut flying using a jet pack, with a rocket ship behind him.<\/p>\n
The pair of ships would have weight around 208,000 tons each, making them jointly sixth largest cruise ships by size, behind the Royal Caribbean's five Oasis-class ships.<\/p>\n
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The experts at Interesting Engineering said: \u201cThe Global Dream II, the first of its class, was scheduled to leave the shipyard in 2021, but when the pandemic struck, the demand for cruises collapsed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn January, MV Werften filed for bankruptcy, and the administrators began looking for options to monetize the shipbuilder's assets. <\/p>\n
"The shipyard was sold to ThyssenKrupp's Marine System, which plans to build submarines, frigates, and corvettes at the site starting in 2024. <\/p>\n
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\u201cPrior to that, the shipyard needs to be vacated. Global Dream II is partly constructed, with its hull complete with engines.<\/p>\n
"The insolvency administrators are looking to sell the engines and machine parts, after which the hull will be sold at scrap value. <\/p>\n
\u201cGlobal Dream is quite ready and can be tugged away.<\/p>\n
"However, since it is built for the Asian markets, the cabin, deck, and propulsion system will require considerable changes before it can be used in Europe or North America, a move that will require more investments into the ship.\u201d <\/p>\n
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The price for Global Dream II, while not officially revealed, is thought to cover what the former owners owed to local governments.<\/p>\n
The worlds biggest working cruise ship is actually the Allure of the Seas, which can accommodate around 6,780 passengers.<\/p>\n
According to Cruise Critic, Carnival Sensation and Carnival Ecstasy are two cruise ships due to be scrapped before the end of this year, after Covid killed demand for cruise holidays.<\/p>\n
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