The passengers of the MSc Preziosa trembled for a few minutes on Saturday when the ship was docking at the terminal of the MSc in Maritime when, probably due to an operator error, he hit a bascule bridge (finger) to bring the passengers on board. Have taken place on the men of the harbor. None of the passengers was injured, the ship reported some damage on the side. The incident occurred on the day of the reopening of the San Marco Basin to large ships. The ship, as reported by the Border Patrol, which took place along the Harbour, is distributed regularly to Bari on Saturday afternoon, to return to the itinerary of the cruise. The finger is the mobile boarding corridor used by passengers to reach the main deck. An investigation on the incident was opened by the Harbour. The dock would not have suffered an injury, and there would be no trace of contact on the front of the ship.

"On Saturday morning at 8.15 am in the port of Venice MSc Precious during the docking maneuver bumped lightly with a finger the side of the cruise terminal. There was no damage to either vessel, nor to passengers on board, "says a note of MSC Cruises in relation to the incident involving the ship at Maritime. "The competent authorities shall, promptly informed of the incident, have already given the go-ahead for the ship's departure scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 16.30 - concludes the statement of the company -. Therefore MSc Precious will start as scheduled this afternoon for his first cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean and tomorrow will call at Bari. " "They said it could not happen accidents in Venice to cruise ships." This is the commentary of the association AmbienteVenezia accident occurred in the lagoon harbor the ship that struck an MSc Preziosa "finger." "He arrives for the first time MSc Precious one of the newer and larger ships, one of those that should be ultrasicure - note environmentalists - and was immediately accident." For AmbienteVenezia "the great vessels must stay out of the lagoon, must stop at a new outer harbor at the mouth of the Lido."

"The incident on Saturday morning in the port of Venice confirms once again the danger of the navigation of the "skyscrapers of the sea" in the lagoon of Venice. Sel asked for some time - with motions, parliamentary questions and a draft law - the prohibition of sailing cruise ships and ferries superior to 40 thousand tons. " This was stated by deputy Sel Giulio Marcon, signer of the bill on the prohibition of the Left and the freedom of navigation of vessels over 40 tons in the canal in Venice.