the perspectives of the port of Trieste in the crocieristico market



Trieste Passenger terminal (TTP), the society controlled from TAMI (Unicredit, Costa Crociere, Generals, Giuliana Bunkeraggi and Reguardia) that it is concessionary of the Marine Station of Trieste, will invest almost 2,3 million euros within the next year in order to receive an increase of the traffic of the passengers that in the 2015 is previewed will be attested on +400% with a +180% of the touched ones. Increments that would carry the total data around 150 thousand fleeting: a good point of ripartenza also thanks to Costa Crociere, that it seems disposed to open a point of reference in the city so as confirmed yesterday from the TTP president, Antonio Paoletti, in its participation to the conviviale of Propeller Club of Trieste. In the same Paoletti occasion it has preannounced also the presentation, at the end of the month, of a study for the verification of the economic fallen back ones that the traffic of the cruise ships will be able to have on the city and the surrounding territory.

In the course of the encounter the vice president of the national federation of the shipping agents Federagenti, Pietro Busan, has supplied a panoramic one on the field of the cruises, always in increase in spite of the crisis that during the last few years has marked all the sections of the economy. In 2013, in fact, world-wide the crocieristico traffic has been of about 21 million passengers (55% from the North America and 33% from Europe) with a every day medium expense of 126 dollars to the day for passenger. In Italy the numbers are substantially stable, although the number of ships and the number of ports is diminished, because of "I decree Salvacoste". To Trieste, instead, it is very beneath of the operating abilities and tip to gain to new companies becoming not solo transit port but also home port.

The evening is opened by an participation of Lara Tironi of the Harbour Institute of Marine Culture of Trieste that has illustrated the evolution of the crocieristico market beginning from the beginnings of the ‘900, with the first cruise ships and the ocean-going liners to make it from masters, until the boom of years ‘60 of the last century. About safety and technical innovations two experts of the field have instead spoken: Paolo Frandoli, already employee Fincantieri and today president of the section Friuli Venice Julia of the Italian Association of Naval Technology, and Diego Tomat, commander at the head of the Section Safety of the Harbour office of Trieste.

To conclusion of Fabrizio Zerbini evening, president of Propeller triestine Club, has drawn attention to a possible one and profitable synergy between crocieristico traffic and a Park of the Sea, whose project seems to have resumed vigor after a ten of years of uncertainties that, in fact, of it have blocked the realization.