On 7/25/12 5:22 AM, Jaap wrote:
the ship will be scrapped, after raising it (for over 100 million Euro) the cost to refurbish would add to a price higher than building a new ship.


Ignore the cost to raise it. That has to be paid. That's a sunk cost.
You don't build that in the financial model.

If they actually need a ship, then you compare the money they would
receive with scrapping this ship along with the cost to construct a new
ship vs. the cost to refurbish this hull. And if there is a major
timeline difference, you can build in sales figures for the 2 scenarios
(like if one option finishes a year sooner, you can build in a year of
cruise sales the other scenario doesn't have).

That should be your true cost differential.

As far as superstition, they would likely divert it to a different
division and give it a new name. They've had ships catch fire and
reused the ship.