The new measures previewed for the transit of the great ships in the channels of San Marco and of the Giudecca to Venice



Tuesday the Harbour office of Venice has circulated a rough draft of relative regulating provision to the new measures for the mitigation of the risks connected to the transit of the so-called "great ships" long the Lagunari-marine channels of San Marco and of the Giudecca destined to take effect on June 1°, 2018, specifying that within twenty days they could be introduced observations and contributions that will be examined by the appropriate working group constituted from the Harbour-office.

The rough draft of the provision - been profitable note from the Miatto-Know Law firm of Venice - previews that the passage along these channels of the advanced naval units to the 40,000 tons of tonnage "will be allowed single and exclusively where these re-enter in the dimensional limits expressed from the values threshold of the technical-constructive factor called ‘module of armament’ (EN), below specified: EN ? 6,600 for the temporal period ricompreso between 1°.6.2018 and the 31.3.2019; EN ? 6,300 from the 1°.4.2019 in then. The module of armament (EN) will have to express turn out from the documentation/technical-constructive certification of the unit".

Moreover, "in the accomplishment of the service of towing of the advanced ships to the 40,000 GT, the tug which placed to aft of the naval unit he will have to be priority characterized between means of the fleet with greater power of shooting to the 35 tons" and "the concessionaire of the towing service will have to employ for own means, during the activity carried out in the Lagunari-marine channels, combustible to marine use to low sulfur tenor".

The rough draft of the provision previews moreover that "advanced fleeting the units used after transport to the 40,000 GT will be subject - except adverse conditions weather - to the following ones in a minute: 8 knots, from the mouths of port until the fort of Sant'Andrea (in both the guiding ones of march); 6 knots, for navigation from the fort of Sant'Andrea until the Marine Station (always in both the guiding ones of march)".

At last it is specified that "they remain unchanged, as compatible, the measures of mitigation previously adopted by the Harbour-office, between which: obligation of second pilot on board for advanced fleeting ships to 40.000 GT; obligation of according to tug ‘with cable turned’ for greater ships of 40.000 GT; distance between unit of navigation in the same direction not inferior to 0,7 miles nautical, that is not inferior to 2,0 miles nautical for advanced fleeting ships to 40.000 GT; interval of departure from the moorings of the ships fleeting not inferior to 15 minutes".