Another scary near miss at Venice involving a large cruise ship

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Cruise ship Costa Deliziosa (IMO 9398917) almost hit the quay at Riva Sette Martiri while leaving the Venice lagoon today under a heavy storm with strong wind gusts. A private yacht and a couple of 'vaporetti' (typical Venice ferries) also escaped unscattered. Images taken at the scene are simply dramatic (see below).

https://video.corriere.it/cronaca/venezia-nave-crociera-rischia-l-incidente-basta-basta-sfiorata-tragedia/bbf061e2-a0e2-11e9-b20c-12356eab285e

https://gazzettadelsud.it/video/cronaca/2019/07/07/tempesta-a-venezia-una-nave-della-costa-crociere-rischia-di-finire-contro-la-riva-video-fe46a0ca-e91f-4e6a-a2fb-c572810f99a6/

Costa Deliziosa is 294m long and 32.3m wide, and has gross tonnage of 92720 t. Her capacity is 2826 pax (crew:1100)

[lappino]

Man, those locals in the video sounded pi$$ed...

Otherwise, the large cruise ships are indeed the scourge of Venice.

Cheers

Vlad