COVID-19 Casualty: World's Biggest Cruise Ship Has No Buyer, 1st Voyage May Be To Scrapyard

[TheBlackAdder]

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An unfinished mega-liner that was to be one of the world's biggest cruise ships by capacity is sitting in a German shipyard, waiting to be scrapped, because bankruptcy administrators can't find a buyer, according to cruise industry magazine An Bord.

The lower hull of a liner known as Global Dream II, the second global class vessel from insolvent MV Werften shipyard on Germany's Baltic coast, is to be disposed of at scrap price, An Bord reported, citing insolvency administrator Christoph Morgen. Machinery and much of the equipment, which had already been delivered, are to be sold, the German magazine cited Morgen as saying at a press conference on Friday.

Morgen's focus is now on its sister ship, Global Dream, which is ready to float in the dock in Wismar, northern Germany, the magazine said. MV Werften's Wismar shipyard was sold to Thyssenkrupp AG's Kiel-based naval unit, which plans to build military vessels there from 2024 amid rising tensions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems wants the large dock to be available by the end of 2023, it said.

More at the jump:
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-has-no-buyer-1st-voyage-may-be-to-scrapyard-3085818

You'd think any offer above salvage would be good enough to buy the lower-half.

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[SergeStorms]

1. What are you going to do.....

with only the lower half of a ship?

[TheBlackAdder]

2. A buyer would still be getting half on the cheap. It looks like some of the superstructure framed.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Use it for topless cruises?

[Ritabert]

4. LOL!