The cruise business, even with the limits imposed by the size of the port, its commercial vocation and the absence, at the moment, of infrastructure for personal services, still holds potential for growth and consolidation thanks to the work performed by the new Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea). The acquisition of cruise traffic from leading world shipping companies will be fundamental. It could be achieved by enlarging the port and building suitable and appropriate mooring infrastructure and passenger services.
Marina di Carrara Cruise Port
The cruise business, even with the limits imposed by the size of the port, its commercial vocation and the absence, at the moment, of infrastructure for personal services, still holds potential for growth and consolidation thanks to the work performed by the new Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea). The acquisition of cruise traffic from leading world shipping companies will be fundamental. It could be achieved by enlarging the port and building suitable and appropriate mooring infrastructure and passenger services.
This is a necessary and plausible development, given its strategic location near the Cinque Terre, and to Cities of Art such as Florence, Pisa, Siena, and the neighbouring Carrara Mines from which white marble is extracted, famous since ancient Roman times, used by Michelangelo to make his breath-taking sculptures, and renowned throughout the world.
