To Venice Flag II is ratified the voluntary agreement Venice Blue



Today to House Jerkins to Venice Flag II, the reached voluntary understanding to March between the companies of navigation on fuels to low sulfur content is ratified formally the Venice agreement Blue ( on 22 March 2013). The document is signed by the mayor of Venice, Giorgio Orsoni, from the commander of the Harbour office of Venice, admiral Tiberio Piattelli, from the president of the Harbour Authority, Paolo Costa, and from the representatives of the crocieristiche companies Carnival Corporation (Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, P&O, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, Cunard, Costa Crociere, etc), Crystal Cruise Line, Prime Minister Cruise, MSC Cruises, Mano Maritime, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Group Saga, Windstar Cruises, Venice Lines. To the subscription they have participated also the director of provincial Department ARPAV, Renzo Biancotto, and the city council member to the Atmosphere of the Municipality of Venice, Gianfranco Bettin.

With the Venice Blue Flags II the navigation companies are engaged to make to since work the main and auxiliary engines of the ships with fuel for marine use with not advanced sulfur tenor to 0.1% the income from Bocca of port of Lido creating in fact "green zones" special that the tightest limit to the emissions imposes. 0.1% are in fact inferior to the indications of the European Union that they have fixed to the 3,5 percentage of sulfur accepted in the ports, that it will be reduced to 0.5% within 2020.

Understanding, that it involves the international association CLIA Europe that represents the main companies from cruise, extends the Blue validity of the precedence Flag to all the distance of navigation until from Bocca of Lido and not only to the mooring in Marine.

The Harbour office, to the aim to verify the respect of the agreement, will carry out controls to champion capturing quantitative of fuel that then will be analyzed graces to a specific protocol stipulated between Harbour-office, Harbour Authority and Agencies of Customs.

The agreement - the first citizen of Venice, Giorgio Orsoni has declared, is "a first step that allows us to face the topic of the passage of the great ships with greater concreteness. A thanks has had also to the shipowners that have undersigned the agreement and they have been declared available to face the alternatives to the passage of the cruise ships in Basin".