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		</div><p>Italy’s transport minister has called for cruise ships to be banned from using the Giudecca Canal in Venice, after an out-of-control liner rammed a river tourist boat in the Italian city.</p>
<p>Videos of the crash show the MSC Opera cruise ship, apparently unable to halt its momentum, blaring its horn as it ploughs into a much smaller river boat and the dock, as people on the dock run away.</p>
<p>Transport minister Danilo Toninelli said: <em>“Today’s accident in the port of Venice proves that cruise ships shouldn’t be allowed to pass down the Giudecca any more.</em></p>
<p><em>“After many years of inertia, we are finally close to a solution to protect both the lagoon and tourism.”</em></p>
<p>Four older female tourists were injured as they tried to run away when the cruise ship rammed the tourist boat.</p>
<p>The collision happened at about 8.30am on Sunday on the Giudecca Canal, a major thoroughfare that leads to St Mark’s Square.</p>
<p>Venice is a tremendously popular site for both tourists and cruise ships, especially during the summer tourist season.</p>
<p>The cruise ship’s owner, MSC Cruises, said the ship was about to dock at a passenger terminal in Venice when it had a mechanical problem.</p>
<p>Two towboats guiding the cruise ship into Venice tried to stop the liner, but they were unable to prevent it from ramming into the river boat.</p>
<p><em>“The two towboats tried to stop the giant and then a tow cable broke, cut by the collision with the river boat,”</em> Davide Calderan, president of a towboat association in Venice, told the Italian news agency Ansa.</p>
<p>Mr Calderan said the cruise ship’s engine was locked when the captain called for help.</p>
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