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Started the crocieristica season in the three ports of the Sardinia North
To Porto Torres landings place of ships of the Royal Caribbean group are attended for the first time
April 2, 2014
Today, with the mooring to the port of Olbia of Grand the Celebration of the Ibero Cruceros (group Coast - Carnival), in arrival from Palm of Majorca, opens crocieristica season 2014 in the ports of the northern Sardinia officially for which a volume of analogous traffic to that is attended last year. "That which we inaugurate today - the extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of the Sardinia North has rimarcato, Nunzio Martello - is sure a season that he marks the most important result for our portualità. It is true, draft of a reaffirmation of the number of ports of call in the total one, but we cannot not emphasize an sensitive data of increase for Olbia, a stability on the market for Golfo Aranci and an income in the circuit of naval gigantism for Porto Torres".
To Porto Torres landings place of ships of the shipowning group are attended in fact for the first time Royal Caribbean American who will be present to July with two ports of call of the Equinox cruise ship, that it is long 315 meters, has an ability to 2.900 passengers and is in force to the fleet of the brand Celebrity Cruises.
Today they are the 115 cruise ships that this year will berth in the three ports of call of competence of the Harbour Authority: 103 to Olbia, nine to Golfo Aranci and three to Porto Torres. If totally the projection anniversary shows pairs last year, in the detail instead Olbia it marks more 14 ships, reconfirming itself first port in the island for crocieristico traffic, with a seasonality that goes from on 2 April on 9 December, date of the last port of call in forecast.
The Harbour Authority of the Sardinia North has remembered that, second the esteem of the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) introduced last month to Miami in the course of the Seatrade Cruise Shipping, the year in course would have to record world-wise 21,7 million crocieristi, 400 thousand in more regarding 2013, the income on the market of 30 new ships, included those dedicated to the fluvial crocierismo, and 7,2 billion dollars of investments. "From this favorable climate - it has found the commissioner of the harbour agency - ours three ports will receive important benefits sure. During the Seatrade di Miami we are already contacted by numerous interested companies to appear for the first time in the North of the island. Succeeded detail, I want to emphasize, has collected the port of call of Porto Torres, strategic for the new tours of the great cruise ships in navigation on the western depositor of the Mediterranean, also to light of the presence of advanced banchinamenti to the 300 meters of length and a hiking offer a lot interesting. So as it is hard the interest, by the careful companies to the elite customers, for Golfo Aranci, which goal more exclusive and mainly near Costa Smeralda".
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