Venice, Delrio announces stop to large ships in St. Mark's basin

The battle against large ships in St. Mark’s basin seems to be drawing to a close: in fact, Transport Minister Graziano Delrio has announced that, in about four years, large ships over 55,000 tons will no longer transit in front of St. Mark’s, but will be forced to stop at Porto Marghera. “We will thus be able to guarantee the safeguarding of the city,” highlighted Pier Paolo Baretta, undersecretary for transport.

The project, the minister clarified, will not interfere with the commercial traffic that already occupies the port of Marghera. The primary objective will always be to preserve the environmental, landscape and architectural balance of the Venice lagoon. The timeline of three to four years indicated by Graziano Delrio is due to the work that the port of Marghera will have to undergo to equip itself for the cruise ship traffic that will land there.

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Venice, Delrio announces stop to large ships in St. Mark's basin

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