Which Cruise Ships Will Be Scrapped Or Taken Out of Service? (2024)

Most modern cruise ships spend 40 years or more sailing the world’s seas.

While it is not uncommon to see cruise ships built in the 1970s and 1980s go to the breakers due to breakdowns or changing SOLAS (Safety Of Live At Sea regulations), older vessels are usually transferred first to another, smaller cruise operator — a market that is often referred to as “secondhand tonnage.” That trend is changing, though.

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