Expert Venetians plan the construction of a terminal cruises in the Croatian port of Pula



If Trieste wants to tear to the port of Venice the crocieristico traffic, as in recent days they have assumed the minister of the Assets and the cultural activities and tourism, Dario Franceschini, the president of the Friuli Venice Julia, Debora Serracchiani, and the mayor of Trieste, Roberto Cosolini ( on 2 October 2015), to Venice the construction is planned of a terminal cruises to Pula and it is proposed to call of the Croatian port satellite of the lagoon port.

Currently the Croatian city does not have a landing place for fleeting ships with a advanced draught to six meters and Pula has addressed to expert Venetians in order to overwhelm the gap and to plan the realization of a terminal cruises for great ships. "The military areas dismesse and the structures that currently nobody uses must be employees according to the economic development". It has emphasized past friday the municipal Prime Minister of the Croatian city, Robert Cvek, participating to the presentation near the Chamber of Commerce of Pula of a feasibility study on the construction of a passenger terminal in the northern part of the port of Pula realized from Italian V.T.P. Engineering, joint venture between the terminalista society Venice Passenger terminal (VTP) specialized in the terminal management cruises and the society of engineering Abacoingegneria Trevisto. "Draft - it has emphasized Cvek - of a project much concrete that can bring great benefits to the community".

The study has cost 347 thousand kuna (45 thousand euros) and is co-financed for 85% from the European Union and the European Fund for Regional Development (FESR) through operating program 2007-2013 and for remaining 15% from the Ministry of the marine Transactions, the transports and infrastructures and from the Harbour Authority and the Municipality of Pula.

"Today in the Adriatic - Franco De Angeli has explained, V.T.P managing director. Engineering, introducing the project - there is a single home port for the passengers, that it is Venice, port that does not have more infrastructures in order to receive great ships of 300-400 meters. Husks, thanks to its optimal position - it has found De Angels - can support the terminal of Venice and can become also a home port".

The feasibility study anticipates three scenes: first, of short term (3-5 years), it previews that to the new Croatian terminal cruise ships for a traffic of 80-100mila fleeting can land 70-90 per year; the second, of medium term (7-10 years), esteem 130-150 you land of ships for a traffic of 150-180mila fleeting; the last scene of long period previews 200 ports of call of cruise ships for a total of 400-600mila fleeting annual.

The study indicates in 149 million euros the cost for the construction of the terminal cruises constituted by three docks, of which 90 million euros in the first phase, of 21,5 million euros in the second phase and 37,4 million euros in third.

"Today - it has evidenced the vice minister of the marine Transactions, the transports and infrastructures, Zdenko Antesic - the feasibility study has demonstrated that the project of construction for the marine traffic of the passengers in the port of Pula, in the zone of Vallelunga, has good perspectives and therefore our ministry supports it, as we have up to now demonstrated it co-financing the study".