Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Note 6. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):


	As of December 31,
	2021		2020
Ships	$	31,357,703	$	29,872,655
Ship improvements	2,152,457		2,108,922
Ships under construction	1,180,486		1,078,243
Land, buildings and improvements, including leasehold improvements and port facilities	746,785		524,849
Computer hardware and software, transportation equipment and other	1,650,249		1,678,903
Total property and equipment	37,087,680		35,263,572
Less—accumulated depreciation and amortization(1)	(11,179,731)		(10,016,977)
	$	25,907,949	$	25,246,595

(1)Amount includes accumulated depreciation and amortization for assets in service.

Ships under construction include progress payments for the construction of new ships as well as planning, design, capitalized interest and other associated costs. We capitalized interest costs of $58.8 million, $59.1 million, and $56.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

During 2021, we took delivery of Odyssey of the Seas, Silver Dawn and, with our joint venture partner TUIC, we took delivery of Hanseatic Spirit. The November 2021 delivery and related financing for the Silver Dawn was reported in our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, as a result of the elimination of the Silversea Cruises three month reporting lag. In January of 2022, we took delivery of Wonder of the Seas. Refer to Note 8. Debt for further information on the financings for Odyssey of the Seas and Wonder of the Seas and to Note 9. Leases on the financing for Silver Dawn.

During the first quarter 2020, we determined that the lease for Silver Explorer, operated by Silversea Cruises and previously classified as a finance lease, was an operating lease based on modification of the terms of the lease. Accordingly, Silver Explorer is included within Operating lease right-of use assets, Current portion of operating lease liabilities, and Long term lease liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 9. Leases for further information.

Long-lived Assets impairments

We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate potential impairment losses exist. The impact of COVID-19 on our expected future operating cash flows, as well as decisions to dispose of certain vessels, resulted in the identification of impairment triggers for certain vessels in 2020. Refer to Note 1. General for further information regarding COVID-19 and its impact to the Company.

We estimated the recoverability of certain vessels using undiscounted cash flow analyses at interim dates throughout 2020 and at December 31, 2020. A number of vessels were found to have net carrying values in excess of their estimated undiscounted future cash flows and, as such, were subject to fair value assessments. Fair value was determined based on our intended use of the identified vessels and, as such, we used a combination of discounted cash flows, replacement cost, scrap and residual value techniques to estimate fair value. Differences between the estimated fair values and the net carrying values were recorded as an impairment charge within the period the loss was identified. Consequently, we recorded $635.5 million of impairment losses during the year ended 2020. Included in this 2020 amount are $171.3 million impairment losses recorded for the three ships that we chartered to Pullmantur Holdings, prior to its filing for reorganization. Refer to Note 7. Other Assets for further information regarding Pullmantur's reorganization. During the quarter ended September 30, 2020, we sold the ships previously chartered to Pullmantur Holdings to third parties for amounts approximating their carrying values and no further impairment was recorded. Also included in the $635.5 million impairment loss for the year ended December 31, 2020, is a $166.8 million impairment charge for the three Azamara ships included in the sale of the Azamara brand, effective March 19, 2021. There were no vessel impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The suspension of operations, as discussed in Note 1. General, and the possibility of further suspensions create uncertainty in forecasting undiscounted cash flows, which are used to determine if a vessel is at risk of impairment and in estimating the fair value of our ships. Our principal assumptions used in our undiscounted cash flows consisted of:

•The timing of our return to service, changes in market conditions and port or other restrictions;

•Forecasted net revenues, primarily the timing of returning to normalized operations, and occupancy rates; and

•Intended use of the vessel for the remaining useful life.

The adverse impact COVID-19 will continue to have on our business, operating results, cash flows and overall financial condition is uncertain and may result in changes to the assumptions used in the impairment tests discussed above, which may result in additional impairments to these assets in the future.

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, we also determined that certain construction in progress projects would be reduced in scope or would no longer be completed as a result of our capital cost containment measures in response to the COVID-19 impact on our liquidity. We recorded property and equipment impairment charges of $55.2 million and $91.5 million, during the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, which primarily related to construction in progress assets.

These impairment charges were reported within Impairment and Credit Losses in our consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income.