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Cruise ship crashes Venice gardens (Alessandro Rodaro)
No matter if a giant cruise ship has the most sophisticated technology on board, the decision of the capitan and his officers to set up the ship just in the middle of storm has been an absurd decision. (more…)
Tags: Costa Cruises, Venice
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The attempt made by the Unesco World Heritage Committee at their current meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, to pass over the subject of Venice and its problems in silence and permit a damaging decision regarding cruise ships and the city was challenged by the influential lobby group Europa Nostra. (theartnewspaper.com)
Venice should be put on the United Nations’ list of endangered cities and cruise ships should be banned from its fragile lagoon to prevent an ecological disaster, Italy’s main conservation group said on Monday. (reuters.com)
Strolling down a tiny street in Venice’s San Marco district, a couple pauses in front of a hand-crafted leather goods stall, one of hundreds of “authentically Venetian” shops lining the cobblestone streets of the city’s tourist thoroughfares. Holding hands, they stop to embrace in front of the famed Grand Canal. (edition.cnn.com)
CLIA cruise lines welcome the statements by the Mayor of Venice demanding an urgent solution that would allow larger cruise vessels to access the Venice cruise terminal (Marittima) via an alternative route that avoids the Giudecca Canal. (more…)
After a 275-meter cruise ship crashed into a tourist boat, Venice residents have demanded that the giant vessels stay away. The issue of cruise liners sailing Venice’s Giudecca Canal has long been a point of tension. Around 5,000 residents of the northern Italian city of Venice on Saturday protested against the presence of cruise ships in the busy Giudecca Canal, following a ship accident earlier in the week. (dw.com)
MSC Cruises and Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection have canceled upcoming cruises following a collision June 2 that involved MSC Opera and Uniworld’s River Countess, in Venice’s Giudecca Canal. (cruisecritic.com)
Tags: CLIA, MSC Cruises, Uniworld River Cruises, Venice
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Venice cruise ship crash sparks protests, backlash (CBS This Morning)
A collision on a busy canal in Venice is sparking new calls for banning cruise ships in the area. On Sunday the MSC Opera cruise liner lost control – the massive ship unable to stop. On the dock, people fled as the towering, 13-deck-high vessel, its horn blaring, grinded into a much smaller river boat and a crowded pier. Five people were hurt. Seth Doane reports. (CBS This Morning)
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MSC Opera incidente Venezia (Credit: Infinity)
Tourists have been filmed running along a wharf seconds before an out of control cruise ship crashes into it. The footage, from the San Basilio cruise terminal in Venice, was captured about 8.30am Sunday local time, Italian media reported. (news.com.au)
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Without dredging, the port of Venice is blocked. We have been waiting too long for the approval from the Interregional Authority for Public Works, which hasn’t come: the situation is critical, and we are suffering as a result. (themeditelegraph.com)
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Street artist Banksy appears to have turned up unannounced at the Venice Biennale, and may have even been kicked out of one of the city’s most famous piazzas for running a stall without a permit. Banksy posted a short video on his verified Instagram account showing a man with a series of paintings depicting a huge cruise ship looming over the Italian city, before local police appear to move him on. (edition.cnn.com)
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has expressed disappointment in a new proposed tax on day visitors to Venice’s historic city center. “CLIA and its members are disappointed that the Italian Government supported the proposal to introduce a local entrance tax for visitors to Venice in its recent budget bill,” the organization said in a statement shared with Travel Agent.
Cruise ship MARELLA DISCOVERY 2 was disabled after engine failure, while moving in Guidecca Canal, Venice historic center, near Doge’s Palace and the Basilica of San Marco, in the afternoon May 14. (maritimebulletin.net)
Tags: Marella Cruises, Venice
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At a meeting of the Comitatone (big committee) for strategic matters relating to Venice, hosted in Rome on 7 November by the minister for infrastructures, Graziano Delrio, a decision was taken that would keep all but the biggest cruise ships docking in the port of Venice while providing them with a route that would not lead through Venice. (theartnewspaper.com)
The Italian government has again moved to ban large cruise ships from docking near St. Mark’s Square in Venice, adding to a years-long battle over the issue. (cruisecritic.com)
The cruise industry is hoping to find an alternative route to open Venice back up to larger ships, according to a carefully prepared statement from CLIA Europe. Recent regulations have restricted ships sailing into Venice to be no more than 96,000 tons, causing a steep traffic drop for the port. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Relations between locals and tourists hit a new nadir in Venice this week. The latest pantomime villains? A group of Belgians who thought it would be a good idea to go for a swim in the Grand Canal. (telegraph.co.uk)
With 2,000 Venetians reportedly moving away from the city each year, some local Venice political activists say their iconic lifestyle along the famed canals is deteriorating. (travelagentcentral.com)
Venetians have voted in favour of banning giant cruise ships from the city’s lagoon, saying they disgorge too many tourists and damage the environment. (telegraph.co.uk)
The Board of Directors of Venezia Terminal Passeggeri (VTP) has appointed Galliano Di Marco as the new Director General of the company. He will work with Sandro Trevisanato, who has been confirmed as VTP President. (cruisebusiness.com)
