Stop big ships in Venice, 57.5 mln refreshments arrive for shipping companies

With the coming into effect of the stop to large ships in Venice ’s St. Mark’s Basin to safeguard the artistic and environmental heritage of the Venetian capital, the issue of economic losses for shipping companies that organize cruises that stop in Venice, and which have been affected by the measure, also came up immediately. Ever since the measure was approved, the government had decided to arrange funds to compensate the companies: now comes the officialdom.

Last Friday, in fact, Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility Minister Enrico Giovannini, in consultation with Economy and Finance Minister Daniele Franco and Tourism Minister Massimo Garavaglia, signed a decree providing grants to shipping companies and terminal operators who will have losses due to the stop imposed on the transit of large ships from Venice.

The refreshments total 57.5 million euros. In fact, the decree establishes the modalities for the disbursement of contributions amounting to 30 million euros for the year 2021 to shipping companies as refreshments for the increased costs incurred in rescheduling routes and for refunds to passengers who have forfeited their trips, while the terminal operator affected by the docking ban and related businesses are allocated 5 million euros for 2021 and an additional 22.5 million euros for 2022.

Stop big ships in Venice, 57.5 mln refreshments arrive for shipping companies

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