![]() ![]() ![]() Here I’ve preserved the ship’s hull structure almost completely constructing the housing units into where the cargo hold compartments used to be. The ship will sail under the new name Covenant, the first of the NeoArk ships. Although it has already been dismantled there are many such ships that are approaching their end and have the potential of being repurposed. One ULCC in particular, the Seawise Giant will be the ship I convert. ![]() I’ve chosen the ULCC hull type to demonstrate this concept as these ships are amongst the largest ever constructed. What if we didn’t put finances first, but considered people and the natural environment before profit. As the wages are the lowest in these countries and health and safety, and environmental regulations are pretty much non existent, companies take their ships to be retired and recycled there. Ship-breaking yards kill hundreds of desperate workers each year in South-East Asia, just to recycle the steal. I’ve long thought that re-proposing things is sometimes better than recycling. ![]()
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