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accommodate three ULCVs simultane- which are inside the Venice Lagoon, as ously. (Currently, the Port of Venice has well as Porto Levante and inland river 12m sea beds only capable of handling ports. The ? rst part of the system is the

The advent of 16,000 to 18,000 TEU con- vessels of up to 7,000 TEUs in size). container terminal, which will have a

Building two terminals eight miles into berth length of 1000 meters and a berth tainer vessels led authorities to realize that the ocean is certainly its own technical depth of 20 meters (a size large enough challenge, but it is the method that Roy- to ensure that even if the explosion in they could effectively kill two birds with al Haskoning DHV devised to transport container vessel size continues, the Port cargo containers that makes the project of Venice will still be able to accommo- one stone: expand the port’s capacity and truly innovative. date the world’s largest ships).

Venice Port Authority calls the system a continuous conveyor belt, one that will “Mama” Knows Best eliminate tanker traf