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This year the port of Trieste will be scaled by 54 cruise ships regarding 12 in 2011
Attended a traffic of 135.000 crocieristi, of which 95,000 in departure or arrival
February 20, 2012
This year to the port of Trieste they will land 54 cruise ships regarding 12 arrived in the giuliano port of call in 2011. It has announced today the city council member to the productive Activities of the Region Friuli Venice Julia, Federica Seganti, having specified that in 2012 40% of the cruise ships will touch Trieste in transit, while 60% will use the giuliano port as port of call of departure and arrival.
In 2012 a traffic of 135.000 crocieristi is previewed altogether, of which 95,000 in departure or arrival to Trieste, with fallen back in economic terms pairs to about 26 million euros, of which the half to cover of the activities and the harbour services.
The city council member has remembered that in 2008 the landing place of 55 cruise ships was recorded, while in the next years the traffic considerably was diminished until to last year arrive with sun 12 units. Federica Seganti has explained that therefore the effort has been that is of riacquisire the traffic is to move the type of the traffic from the "transit" to that of "origin/destination".
This year the companies have included the port of Trieste in their crocieristici routes owners of a shipping company P&O, Cunard, Phoenix Reisen, Azamara Cruises Club, Swan Hellenic, Sea Cloud Cruises, Hapag-Lloyd and Costa Crociere, company that this year the majority of the cruises in arrival and departure from Trieste in particular with the Costa Classica ship will operate. Federica Seganti has anticipated that from 2013 in the directory MSC will join also Cruises.
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