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Recycling Firm Buys Astoria, Famous 77-Year-Old Liner Turned Cruise Ship

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A Belgium recycling firm confirmed that it was the sole bidder at the June 17 auction for the famed liner Stockholm which spent its final years opera...

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The MS Astoria has a new owner. But one of the oldest cruise ships in the world looks back on a moving history...

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The iconic cruise ship Astoria, one of the oldest passenger ships in the world, will soon be dismantled and recycled by Galloo in the port of Ghent. The ship yields more than 12,000 tons of material, more than 97 percent of which will be reused. The Astoria became world famous after a fatal collision in 1956.

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vrt broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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