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Della Torre collapse Pilots of the port of Genoa, sentence to 10 years for the commander of Jolly Nero
Condemned also two officials of the ship and a pilot of the port
May 17, 2017
To four years from della Torre collapse Pilots of the port of Genoa caused from the collision against the structure of the Jolly Nero ship of the Messina company, incident that provoked nine died ( of 8 May 2013), today the Court of Genoa has deliberated sentences, of entity halved regarding the demands for the accusation, in confronts of the commander of the ship (10 years and 4 months), of the first official (eight years and six months), of the chief engineer (seven years) and of a pilot of the port (four years), while the third official of the ship is acquitted so as the delegate of the Messina company for the armament of Jolly Nero. The genoese shipowning society is recognized in charge of administrative and endorsed illicit solo with million and 50 thousand euros. The condemned will have to reimburse the relatives of the nine victims and wounded in order almost six million euro.
In a note the shipowning company Messina has found that "the sentence emanated today from the Court of Genoa with respect to the dramatic incident that has involved Jolly Nero on May 7, 2013, in the total respect of the pain of the families, is equivalent to an incontestable acknowledgment: the Messina group employs and manages - under the guide of commander Giampaolo Olmetti, that it is acquitted - sure ships; della Torre collapse Pilots - the note specifies - is therefore exclusively relating to the maneuver completed in the outer harbor of Genoa. To such care it will be time necessary to attend the motivations of the sentence in order to know as the judge has reconstructed the behavior and the role of the several actors in the course of the same maneuver".
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To four years from della Torre collapse Pilots of the port of Genoa caused from the collision against the structure of the Jolly Nero ship of the Messina company, incident that provoked nine died 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
