The video of the passage of the ship along the canal, in the lagoon, despite the strong storm has stirred criticism and controversy. A vaporetto stopped between the gusts of wind while the giant ship passed close by, having difficulty in maneuvering, sounding its siren. https://media.gedidigital.it/repubblicatv/file/2019/07/07/650257/650257-video-rrtv-650-07072019_veneziavideorep.mp4 The cruise ship Costa Deliziosa crossed the canal despite … More Cruise Ship Costa Deliziosa comes close to the bank and docked boats in the lagoon, in the middle of a storm: Video

It’s worked out ok twice – last Sunday June 2 and July 25 1989, after the Pink Floyd concert on Redentore – let’s not wait for the third time. But nothing can change without reckoning with the economic and environmental costs of the “tourism only” model of development. By Mario Santi 6 June 2019 Two … More June 2, day of the cruise ships. A point of no return

Italia Nostra calls the decision “illegitimate”. But the Port is moving forward. The Ministry of the Environment also acts. By Alberto Vitucci A kilometer of iron pilings. Bluffs and reinforcing stones configured as a storage pond to hold the excavated sludge. And the dragging of the great canal of Malamocco Marghera, called dei Petroli, to … More Italia Nostra appeals decision allowing excavation of Canale dei Petroli

From the stage the Mayor asks for continuity with respect to previous governments, and the Minister shuts him down: “There is no long term vision”. By Francesco Furlan VENEZIA. “What is needed is honesty and courage, and a recognition that the choices made in the past may have been made well”. “There are times when … More “Courage is required? Yes, but for change”. Open conflict between Bonisoli and Brugnaro.

The ships are up to 100,000 tons, mostly of recent construction. But the number of passengers continues to grow. By Gianni Favarato VENEZIA. In spite of the new ordinance from the Capitaneria di Porto, which permits access to the lagoon to cruise ships based on a mathematical algorithm, on average there are six or seven … More Cruise Ships, 7 arrivals every weekend in spite of the new algorithm

New government and new uncertainties: And the Cabinet blocks the CVN’s Morphological Plan By Alberto Vitucci VENEZIA. The alternatives to San Marco for cruise ships must take account of the changed political picture. To what end will the government’s provisions come after the new Parliament is seated with the majority of the two new winners, … More Cruise Ships at Venice, alternative routes in chaos.

“Cruise Ships and Mose are nothing more than two sides of the same coin”. Environmentalist Cristiano Gasparetto opened the meeting presenting the Two Days against “the Monsters”, slated for Saturday the 23rd and Sunday the 24th, starting with the sentence resulting from the inquiry regarding the Mose scandal. “After the sentencing of Minister Altiero Matteoli, … More No to Cruise Ships at Venice: International event set for Sept. 23 and 24

PRESS RELEASE Comitato NoGrandiNavi-Laguna Bene Comune and Associazione AmbienteVenezia The recent statements to the press from Minister Galletti and Undersecretary Borletti Buitoni have thinned the dust hovering around the announcement of the revival of a project to use the Vittorio Emanuele canal as a route for cruise ships to reach Marittima. Minister Galletti has in … More Cruise ship companies’ true goal: buying time to keep the ships in front of San Marco – ComitatoNoGrandiNavi

On March 10 the Italian Government announced it had found a solution for the harboring of cruise ships in Venice. The solution, to take the boats via the entrance to the Port of Malamocco, then via the Canale dei Petroli to the Canale Vittorio Emanuele and ultimately to Marittima, came as a surprise as this … More New plan for Cruise Ships calls for excavation of 7-8 million cubic meters of toxic sludge – while being sold as a plan that does not require excavation.