I’ve dug up some further information about the recent accident in Venice, and also some suggestions as to why nothing has happened about this issue over the last two years. First, it does now appear that the ship, MSC Opera, suffered some failure of the engine management system as a result of which it was […]
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Following the collision between MSC Opera and a river vessel on 2 June, MSC Opera has remained docked in Venice at the Venice cruise terminal. During this time unspecified repairs have been performed on MSC Opera. MSC have published an update on their website as follows:- “Following the recent incident in the Port of Venice […]
New tourism charges in Venice
Posted in Venice on Jan 1st, 2019
Well, it has been nearly two months since i last posted here, for which I can only apologise. This has not been a cruise-y winter; I have been doing other things. But this will change in the New year! Here’s a link to an overview of what I’ll be doing then, and I shall be […]
Oceana cruise – pictures from Venice
Posted in 2018 Cruises, Oceana, Oceana 2018, P&O, Venice on Oct 1st, 2018
Now for the good stuff (I hope) – pictures from the day in Venice. These were all taken with the iPhone. I already knew that photography wasn’t allowed in the basilica on Torcello so I decided to go light and just take the phone. You can be the judge of how well that worked. First, […]
New Restrictions at Venice
Posted in Venice on Aug 7th, 2018
Continuing yesterday’s theme of protecting fragile environments, it’s time to look at Venice again. In fact, it turns out that I’m about 9 months or so late on this story – some decisions were made in November 2017 that I completely missed. I’m disappointed that I didn’t spot this at the time as over the […]