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Tag: Aliaga

  • Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

    The scrap metal yard for cruise vessels, Aliaga in Turkey

    Dozens of workers stripped walls, windows, floors and railings from several vessels in the dock in Aliaga, a town 45 km north of Izmir on Turkey’s west coast.

    At a sea dock in western Turkey, five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal after the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry. Cruise ships were home to the some of the earliest clusters of COVID-19 as the pandemic spread globally early this year.