Starting next month, ships over a certain size or weight or surpassing specific pollution levels can no longer ply the Giudecca Canal, a major sea artery in Venice, nor can they cruise the waters near St. Mark’s Square, the historic heart of the environmentally fragile city.
Until a permanent docking place can be chosen and developed for the big cruise ships, the liners will be allowed, for now, to pull up in Marghera, an industrial suburb of Venice.
