Assagenti, insignificant the impact of the pause of the cruise ships on the protect marine area of Portofino



The pause of the cruise ships to 0,7 miles from the protect marine area of Portofino seems to have, on the protection of the marine atmosphere, an insignificant impact. It has evidenced the Association Marine Mediating Agents Raccomandatari - Agents Airplane - Genoa (Assagenti), explaining that they demonstrate to the results of periodicals monitorings to it carried out on the quality of waters from Arpal and Università of Genoa, that they will be been profitable famous today.

"They have turned out encouraging - it has found the secretary Assagenti, Massimo Moscatelli - that they create the foundations in order to ask the ministry for the Atmosphere a modification to the regulations, that allows an ulterior approach of the cruise ships with the protect marine area and the coast of Portofino". Assagenti has remembered that the current limit is decided by the Harbour office of Genoa, in ottemperanza to the so-called one decrees "saves coasts", emanated from the ministry of the Atmosphere after shipwreck in January 2012 of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, that has introduced the prohibition of navigation, pause and anchorage of the advanced mercantile ships to the 500 tons, used is to the traffic goods is fleeting, in the belt of sea of two nautical miles from the external perimeter of the parks and the national protect marine areas. Today the cruise ships that call at Portofino can pause to 1,2 miles from the coast, that is to 0,5 miles from the perimeter of the protect marine area, to which taxes from the regulations of the marine circondariale Office of Saint Margherita Ligure are added to the 0,7 miles. The association of the shipping agents has remembered moreover that I decree has left the Harbour offices the possibility to repeal in part of the dispositions, assuring the protection of the marine atmosphere, safety of navigation and the interests of the residents in the area and proximity of the protect marine areas.

"From how much it emerges from the analyses of Arpal - it has continued Muscatels - the protection of the atmosphere turns out guaranteed. Regarding safety of navigation it is certain that the distance from the coast exposes the ship to surf phenomena, that they return the transfer of the passengers risky on stretching. The cancellation of Portofino from the ports of call of numerous crocieristiche companies and the halving of the passengers in 2012, regarding 2011, with the consequent induced loss of for the business activities and tourist of Portofino, is enough to return eclatante the lacked protection the interests of the residents".

Today, in concomitanza with the presentation of the results of the monitorings, a convention between Assagenti will be signed, marine Area protect and the Municipalities of Saint Margherita Ligure and Portofino for the division of the expenses anniversaries of monitoring for 2013, of which the shipping agents they have been engaged to cover 25%, in spite of the increase, than this cost it involves, for the crocieristiche companies that still climb to Portofino.