Last night a fire broke out in the port of Naples in Cruise line Phoenix ferry Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) moored at quay no. 29. The operations room of the Harbour Master's Office - Coast Guard of Naples was alerted by the La Nuova Meccanica construction site Naval Shipyard where technical maintenance was underway on the ship, which was therefore not operational and there were no passengers on board but only some crew members and shipyard technicians.

Specialized teams of the Fire Brigade of the Provincial Command of Naples are, while at sea three tugboats of the Neapolitan Tugboats, a patrol boat fire-fighting fire brigade and, in support, a naval vehicle S.A.R. of the Coast Guard which, with the use of fire cannons and hydrants, carried out the operations of cooling of the areas of the ship affected by the fire.

The Maritime Directorate of Campania has announced that the maritime traffic and commercial operations in the port of Naples have never been suspended as the accident has neither hindered or threatened the safety of the activities maritime and port areas, with the exception of the quays where it is moored the Phoenix and the stretch of sea in front.