Cruise ship collides with Venice tourist boat, injuring four people - The Irish Times

Cruise ship collides with Venice tourist boat, injuring four people - The Irish Times
Cruise ship collides with Venice tourist boat, injuring four people  The Irish Times

A cruise ship collided with a dock and a tourist boat in Venice on Sunday, injuring four people, the local port authority said. MSC Cruises said the 2,679-passenger Opera, a 54-metre high and 275-metre long liner which dwarfed the Venice skyline, was approaching a terminal on the Giudecca canal when it hit the dock and a nearby ferry after a technical problem. The safety of big ships in European cities has been highlighted by the crash last week of a cruise liner with a pleasure boat on the Danube in Budapest, killing seven people and leaving 21 missing presumed dead. Pino Musolino, chairma...