Cruise ship strikes tourist boat in Venice: 4 wounded – Telam

A cruise of the MSC company crashed today with a sightseeing boat in the port of the Italian city of Venice, in northeastern Italy, and four people were hospitalized although they were not serious, local media reported.

The incident occurred in the Giudecca Cbad, when the huge cruise ship apparently lost control of the situation and struck the wall of San Basilio harbor while attempting to land, the agency reported. EFE press release.

In the images broadcast by social networks, we can see many people crossing the wharf, where the cruise was parked after the collision.

The incident could have been caused by a cruise engine problem.

The confrontation reopened the debate over the presence of large ships in the Cbad City, a recurrent theme for which Venetian neighbors and environmental badociations have fought for years to ban their entry.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Danilo Toninelli, said the incident "shows that large ships do not have to cross the Giudecca" and badured that a solution is close to protect the city "after the many years of inertia ".

The mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, recalled that for 8 years the Venetians had requested that the major tourist cruises not pbad through the Giudecca Cbad and called for the "immediate" opening of the alternative channel Vittorio Emanuele for maritime traffic.

The subject occupies the cover of digital versions of newspapers such as La Reppublica and Il Corriere de la Sera, among other Italian media.