The largest terminal in the Mediterranean designated for a single ship. This is the big news that Venezia Terminal Passeggeri, the company that has been promoting and developing passenger services at the port of Venice since 1997, presented to operators of Cruise Shipping Miami, the global convention of reference for the cruise shipping sector.
The terminal 109/110 will become operational in April 2014. Formerly a warehouse for stocking freight, it will now become a self-sufficient passenger terminal on the Tagliamento Quay, offering more efficient service when two ships are docked at the same time in front of the terminal 107/108 and the renovated terminal 109/110. Its size, 14,000 squares on two floors, makes it the biggest port pavilion in the Mediterranean with a standard never reached before of 2 square of surface area available for every waiting passenger in peak periods, greatly limiting the pressure from human activities for each operational level.
The renovation project, completed in 12 months with an overall investment by VTP of 12 million Euros, is in line with the most reliable conservation criteria and fully respects the existing facility, which is controlled by the Venice Port Authority and the Committee for the Safeguarding of Venice. From technological equipment to air-conditioning and fire suppression systems, not to mention lifts and escalators, all the interventions for the structural restoration of the building followed a philosophy based on energy saving and eco-sustainability, emphasizing the aesthetic appeal of industrial archaeology through minimal but elegant furnishings. But from a logistics point of view, the new terminal marks a sharp improvement in the practicality of the Marittima area, not only for the flow of operators and passengers, but also for baggage sorting through a system of conveyor belts that direct bags and suitcases through a tunnel below the building directly to the berth.
“The terminal 109/110 is the latest step in the requalification plan of the Marittima area that from an obsolete commercial port has been transformed into a state-of-the-art passenger terminal– said VPT Chairman Sandro Trevisanato. An industrial reconversion that has reclaimed an important industrial area for the city, boosting the Serenissimato the top echelon of the global cruise shipping industry, by renewing and strengthening Venice’s relationship with the sea. The development of the passenger terminal infrastructure has also strengthened the relationship based on trust with major global cruise lines. In 2014, Disney and P&O chose Venice for the first time as an operating base for the Eastern Mediterranean. Among other new developments, I would like to point out the change in the use of terminal 123, which, due to the transfer of ferries to the new Fusina Terminal, will be designated entirely for niche cruise liners”.
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