The Italian government authorizes the restart of the cruises, with restrictions



With I Prime Minister's decree of the friday ministers, in matter of delay of the measures of Covid-19 control, the government has authorized the ripartenza of the crocieristiche activities with fleeting ships of Italian flag, that they could be carried out from next 15 single August in the respect of specific lines guides of which to attached the 17 of the Dpcm. In Italy the cruises were suspended 19th March with decree of the ministries of Infrastructures and the transports and the Health.

Between the dispositions introduced with the Dpcm, the income in the Italian ports comes allowed with the ships of foreign flag employees in cruise services if these last ones come from ports of port of call situated in States or territories of which to it lists To and B of attached the 20 (that is from Republic of San Marino, Low Vatican City State, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Countries, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of the north, Andorra, Principality of Monk) and if all the boarded passengers we have not stayed or journeyed in the 14 front days to the income in the Italian port in States or territories of which to it lists C, D, and F of attached the 20 (Bulgaria, Rumania, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia Hercegovina, Brazil, Chile, Kuwait, Macedonian of the North, Moldova, Oman, Panama hat, Peru, Dominicana republic, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia). Moreover one arranges that the ports of call are allowed single in the States and territories of which to it lists and B of attached the 20 and are prohibited the free excursions, for which the services of the cruise cannot adopt detailed lists measures of prevention from the contagion.

The Shipping president of the Italian Confederation (Confitarma), Mario Mattioli, has express "great joy and relief" for the green light to the cruises. "Useless to deny - he has added - that also hoping strongly in a decision in such sense, until the last one we have not given it for discounted. It is clear - it has specified the president of Confitarma - than the cruises will have to share with the adoption of all the due precautionary cautions and measures in order to guarantee safety of passengers and crews". "We are pleased - it has concluded Mattioli - that has been date positive answer to one of the priorities supported from Confitarma in the belief that the crocieristico section is a fundamental dowel of our tourism that contributes remarkablly to the economy of the Country".

Satisfaction for the provision is manifested by MSC Crociere and Costa Crociere, companies for which Italy represents a primary market. For MSC Cruises, the executive president, Pierfrancesco Vago, the Italian government with all has thanked lively "its articulations, and moreover the Body of the Harbour office, the Civil Protection and the marine Health, for the precious and decisive lend support - it has emphasized Vague - is in the phase of emergency, receiving our ships and our crews, are in this of the ripartenza with the definition of the new protocols and the reopening of the ports".

MSC Cruises has announced that Huge flagship MSC and MSC Magnifica will be the first ships to the world to carry out complete cruises with routes of a week in the western Mediterranean and oriental, with departures from Genoa (16 August) and Bari (29 August). "We are proud - it has added to the MSC managing director Cruises, Gianni Onorato - of being able to on board welcome newly our hosts for a experience of complete cruise of two of our ships of last generation. And we are honored of being able to share just from Italy, the country of our roots, in which we are leader and that it represents our main market to total level".

Managing director Italy of MSC Cruises, Leonardo Massa, has explained that the company has decided to offer to own hosts the possibility to leave choosing between six Italian ports: Genoa, Trieste, Civitavecchia, Naples, Bari and Palermo. "The ships - it has emphasized - will be therefore approachable, from the majority of the people, with a travel that in average does not exceed the two hours of car. In order to reduce lessened the contact with other people during the travel in order to reach the boarding port, we have given moreover the possibility to inside insert of the ticket also the parking in port for own automobile. Creed of being able to assert that we have set up a vacation formula that is not only the funniest and favorable in terms of quality/price, but is above all surest in absolute from the sanitary point of view".

MSC Cruises has announced to have cancelled all the other cruises in the Mediterranean from on 16 August on 31 October comprised. The company has announced also the cancellation of all the cruises in departure from the United States until on 31 October enclosed, online with the announcement made from the international association of crocieristiche companies CLIA. MSC Cruises has specified moreover that it is following the evolution of the pandemic and does not exclude the possibility that other ships can however re-enter beforehand in service during the summery season.

Michael Thamm, managing director of the group Coast and Carnival Asia, has declared itself happy of the resumption of the cruises: we want to thank - it has declared - the Count, Prime Minister, ministra De Micheli, minister Speranza and all the authorities for the their constant availability and their support. The crocieristica industry and Coast in particular, as only Italian company of the field, create an important value for the economy and the destinations that we visit. The gradual resumption of our activities - it has evidenced the manager of the group Coast - will give to woven relief to the economic and tourist premises and to ours 5,000 commercial suppliers and partner and to beyond 7.500 travel agents who, in Italy, have suffered because of the long pause that we have lived".

"The resumption of our operations - it has added Thamm - is but, in this phase, also a great responsibility in confronts of our hosts, of the members of our crew and the inhabitants of the communities that we visit with our ships. In the next few days, we will work to tightened contact with the national, local authorities, the ports and the terminals, the RINA, and internal, for the full performance of the protocols emitted from the Italian government so as to be able to guarantee, all entirety, a regular, organized and sure restart of our cruises, is on board is down. Shortly we will be therefore pleased to announce the complete program of our routes in order to so allow with thousands of affectionate hosts Coast to return to navigate of new with we for the vacation that is they lacked in these months".