A great cruise ship has called for the first time at Santa Maria di Leuca



Saturday for the first time a great cruise ship has called at Santa Maria di Leuca (C#lecce), little one center that is equipped exclusively of a tourist port and it is not equipped in order to accommodate ships of great dimensions. I approach of the unit of luxury Silver Muse, with its 600 passengers about, it has been strongly intentional from the company Silversea Cruises and has been possible thanks to the sinergica collaboration between private operators and competent authorities. "All the agencies, from the Police of State to Customs, from the Customs corps to the municipal administration - Sergio De Luca, administrator of marine agency De Luca Antonio and Figli of Gallipoli has explained that has cured the operation on behalf of the shipowner - have collaborated and participated with a strong enthusiasm, than very rarely it is seen in similar occasions".

Leuca is not equipped in order to accommodate cruise ships. The Silver Muse, as expected, therefore has used up in oadstead and the passengers, with stretching of edge, have reached the marina where a port is equipped facility as expected by the norm. "The ostativo reason - the commander of the Harbour office of Gallipoli has confirmed, Cosimo Fersini - was the lack of a port facility, an area in the interface between port and ship that rispecchi the previewed canons of safety from international norm ISPS. Therefore, once recognized and instituted the port facility, the disembarkation of the passengers from cruise ships to the anchor, is always possible".

Moreover fundamental for how much it concerns safety has been the contribution of competence and professionality of the practical premises, Giacomo Pepe, than with the pilots of the Corporation of Taranto it has participated actively to the technical tables convened in order to characterize the points of deep suitable for the anchorage of the large ship.

Disembarking to Santa Maria di Leuca the passengers of the Silver Muse they have been able to visit, with various tours, besides C#lecce the beautifulr resorts of Salento: Gallipoli, Otranto and Galatina. "I hope - it has emphasized Sergio De Luca - than the opening of this new port of call is prelude of other similar ones. Draft for Salento of an optimal window. The auspice is that the repeated arrival of fleeting ships with on board pertaining to the highest target can bring fallen back economic on all the territory".