Agreement Region Friuli Venice Julia - Costa Crociere in order to increase the ports of call of the ships of the company to Trieste



Today to Trieste the Region Friuli Venice Julia and Costa Crociere has signed a protocol of understanding with the objective to increase the presence of the cruise ships of the company in the port of the giuliana city. The document defines a series of mutual engagements, than for the regional administration it above all means to head at the improvement of the railway connections, not only with the North but also with Centro Italia, so as to favor the port of for tourism crocieristico Trieste which ideal goal. The understanding protocol has the twofold scope to develop Trieste is as boarding port that as stay port for the cruises in the Adriatic. Moreover the within of the activities previews also the promotion of Trieste as goal of crocieristico tourism and natural port of departure for the coming tourists from the East Europe, the regular port of call of ships Coast of last generation in the 2015 and strengthening of the presence of Coast in the Trieste Passenger terminal, the society participated by Costa Crociera who is concessionary of the Marine Station of the giuliano port ( on 19 October 2011).

The agreement has been undersigned from the president of the Region, Debora Serracchiani, and from the managing director of Costa Crociere, Michael Thamm. "With this agreement - Serracchiani has said - we confirm our engagement in order to favor the development of the presence of Costa Crociere to Trieste, that we consider strategic for the tourist promotion of the entire regional territory. The previewed touched ones from the ships of Costa Crociere strengthen in particular the role of Trieste and the Friuli Venice Julia as point of attraction of the tourist flows from the Countries of the East Europe". "We have engaged ourselves - it has added - to constitute a technical table with Costa Crociere in order to upgrade the railway connections and to study also the feasibility of connections with fast hydrofoils. To consolidate Trieste as natural port of boarding for the cruises in Alto Adriatico - it has found the president of the Region - means also to favor the tourist promotion of the city and the Friuli Venice Julia, with fallen back important in the days of stay in our receptive structures. We are placed the objective to carry more cruise ships in the port of Trieste and today we mark an important result".

"Trieste - it has emphasized Thamm - is a strategic port for Coast and is a great opportunity in order to visit is the region that the Venice neighbor. We are working in very positive way with the Independent Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the local institutions for the development of the cruises in this splendid city. The understanding protocol that we have signed today is an important step ahead in this direction". Coast - it has announced Thamm - already has in program three important innovation for Trieste: the first November 2014 Trieste will be the first port to receive the new flagship Costa Diadema, currently under construction in the Fincantieri plant of Marghera, with a presentation event. Moreover beginning from April 2015 the company will begin a new program of cruises from Trieste with Costa Mediterranea (ability 2,680 passengers), that it will every week call stopping in the city for two days and a night within cruises with touched also to Shovelled, Kotor, Cefalonia, Corfù and Dubrovnik. The managing director of the company has remembered that Coast has headed also to improve the railway connections, through agreements with Trenitalia for a special service on the Turin-Trieste.

Also Debora Serracchiani has remembered the engagements agreed from the Region with the group Railroads of the Been about to one to velocizzare within the 2016 railway drafts between Trieste and Venice and Trieste and Milan. The two cities could be connected respective in an hour and three hours. "Trieste - it has evidenced - can indeed become the door for Venice of crocieristico tourism".

To the signature the mayor of Trieste was present also, Roberto Cosolini, with the alderman to the Edi Kraus Development. "As city - it has found the mayor - we can add an increasing quality of the acceptance, and this engagement is worth naturally also for the customers of Costa Crociere. Tourism to Trieste is in full increase, and our hosts leave again fallen in love of our city".