02/18/2025
From now on, therefore, the Fusina 3 and 4 berths can be used simultaneously by ships longer than 210 metres.
Venice – A new docking point in Venice for large cruise ships. Mooring will be possible at the Darsena sud di Fusina in Porto Marghera , after the Port Authority revoked the restriction that prevented ships over 210 meters from docking at berth 4, when a first ship was already present at berth 3.
The decision by the Port Authority increases the reception capacity of the Venetian port, which for years has had difficulty managing cruise traffic after the Grandi navi decree, which closed the Giudecca canal to navigation. The new provision is contained in ordinance no. 7 of 12 February and is motivated by the latest excavation work on the seabed , whose greater depth is now considered an element of greater safety for the maneuvering of ships entering and exiting the Darsena sud area. From now on, therefore, berths Fusina 3 and 4 will be usable simultaneously by ships longer than 210 meters. It is expected that in this way the approximately 75 calls per year scheduled for Fusina could grow to over one hundred in the course of a single season.
“The timely action of the Harbour Master’s Office in issuing this ordinance – comments the president of the Venetian Port Authority Fulvio Lino Di Blasio – is a clear sign of the attention paid by the Maritime Authority to the operational efficiency of our port. This intervention represents a fundamental step for the economic development of the port of Venice and is perfectly aligned with the concept of production safety, repeatedly underlined by the maritime director of the Veneto, Admiral Filippo Marini”.
The Darsena Sud of Fusina was inaugurated last August, part of the strategy of widespread landings implemented by Venice after the decree that revolutionized cruise traffic in the lagoon in a restrictive sense. The terminal was built by Venezia Terminal Passeggeri with an investment of 5 million as part of the ro-ro terminal managed by Venice Ro-Port Mos, which allowed the temporary and non-prevalent use of two of its moorings to accommodate cruise ships.