In the Venice Public Prosecutor’s investigation into the collision on 12 September in the Tessera canal between a water taxi and a small boat, in which a young married couple lost their lives, Alfonso Morisieri has been appointed as party surveyor by the water taxi driver. He will follow the technical examinations ordered to reconstruct how the collision happened.
Source: Il GazzettinoThe Lombardy Regional Administrative Court rejects the urgent appeal brought by commercial pleasure-boat operators against the resolution by which the Municipality of Bellagio reserves some landing stages for the non-scheduled public service, stressing the clear distinction between the two activities. For Alfonso Morisieri, representative of Confartigianato Navigazione at Confartigianato Imprese Como, the ruling also clears up a long-standing misunderstanding: the word “taxi” refers to a regulated public service, and applying it to commercial pleasure boating is incorrect and makes it harder for customers to tell apart different offers, rules and responsibilities.
Source: La Provincia di ComoIn a joint statement by Confartigianato Imprese Como and CNA Lombardia Nord Ovest, Alfonso Morisieri, head of Confartigianato Navigazione, comments on the Regional Administrative Court’s suspension of the resolution reserving Bellagio’s central landing stages for non-scheduled public transport. He points out that it is a precautionary measure pending the full hearing on 9 September, and compares dedicated landings to the stops reserved for public services on the road: spaces needed to ensure order and safety for passengers, operators and navigation.
Source: ComoZero · La Provincia di Como, print edition of 18 July 2026, “Gli artigiani e i pontili: «Più sicurezza sul lago»”At Palazzo Pirelli, as head of navigation at Confartigianato Imprese Como, Alfonso Morisieri attends the presentation of the bill “Rules for regulating the navigability of inland waters”, promoted by regional councillors Anna Dotti and Giacomo Zamperini. The text covers concessions, non-scheduled public transport, boat hire and charter, licences and navigation safety, in response to the sharp growth in the number of operators on Lake Como.
Source: ComoZeroOn behalf of Confartigianato Navigazione, Alfonso Morisieri welcomes the City of Como’s ordinance on the lake’s first basin, a measure the group had long called for. With more and more boats on the water, he stresses, strict compliance with speed limits and proper conduct is essential. Safety should be seen as an asset for the area rather than a constraint, protecting residents, tourists and the professional operators who follow the rules.
Source: ComoZero, La Provincia di ComoThe new trade group of Confartigianato Imprese Como brings private navigation operators together under a single representation for the first time: passenger transport, lake NCC services, tourist navigation and businesses linked to the lake economy. It is chaired by Alfonso Morisieri, an expert in navigation law, consultant and nautical surveyor, already president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, alongside Marco Morganti and Luca Valsecchi. Its priorities: navigation safety, organisation of moorings, lake traffic management and updating regional and national rules, with a “competent and authoritative” voice in dealings with institutions.
Source: La Provincia di Como · also in the print edition of 21 June 2026, “Caos ormeggi e boom di barche. I professionisti del lago fanno squadra”Guest of Espansione Tv alongside Anna Dotti, Lombardy Regional Councillor, Alfonso Morisieri, head of the Confartigianato Navigazione group, comments on the growth in lake traffic and the forthcoming regional rules. He stresses the importance of knowing the rules of navigation, of keeping speeds moderate near towns and of bathing-season ordinances, and calls for information and training for those who rent boats without a licence. For public service operators he asks for reserved landing points, like taxi ranks on the road, and for the correct use of the word “taxi”, reserved for vessels licensed to carry passengers in non-scheduled public service.
Source: Espansione Tv (YouTube)In the trial over the collision in December 2015 in St Mark’s Basin between an Actv line 4.1 water bus and a mototopo, Alfonso Morisieri is the consultant for the owner of the cargo vessel, which subsequently sank as a result of the impact.
Source: Il Gazzettino, print editionFollowing the accident in May in which a 17-year-old lost her life after falling from a catamaran at the Sant’Elena marina, Alfonso Morisieri is among the experts tasked with reconstructing what happened.
Source: Il GazzettinoThe historic Tasell, with a fleet of eleven boats, passes to Gi. Bi. Resort spa, a company owned by the Butti family. Alfonso Morisieri, a board member of the Tasell companies, speaks on behalf of the new owners and describes the deal as “continuity within discontinuity”: the business and its name stay the same, the company remains a public-service operator and its services will not be reserved for guests of the group’s hotels. It is, he stresses, an investment in water mobility and in the growth of the sector.
Source: La Provincia di ComoAfter the rescue of eleven tourists aboard a boat that broke down between Nesso and Lezzeno, described as a “taxi boat”, Alfonso Morisieri, president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, points out that it was a pleasure craft used for hire, not a non-scheduled public transport service. Confusing the two, he stresses, distorts the market, creates unfair competition and above all puts users’ safety at risk: the public service is governed by Framework Law 21/1992 and requires registration in dedicated vessel registers, licensed staff and strict technical and administrative requirements.
Source: La Provincia di Como, print editionGuest on Telelombardia alongside Alberto Caramel, Secretary General of Confartigianato Como, Alfonso Morisieri, president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, addresses tourist crowding on Lake Como. On safety, he points to the risks of renting boats without a licence to operators who know neither the rules nor the waters, while underlining the differences between non-scheduled public transport and commercial pleasure boating. He also proposes a “water mobility plan” aimed at identifying priority criteria among operators and promoting the lake’s lesser-known areas, recalling that tourist presence must be managed as a genuine resource.
Source: Confartigianato Imprese Lombardia (YouTube)After the boating accident on 9 March in the Dese canal, in Venice’s northern lagoon, in which a 56-year-old woman lost her life, her family appoints “well-known marine surveyor” Alfonso Morisieri to analyse how the accident happened, with a view to a possible civil claim. The examination is scheduled on board the boat, moored at a boatyard on the island of Vignole.
Source: La Nuova VeneziaFollowing the collision near the Actv landing stage at Sant’Elena between a line 1 water bus and the motor vessel “Osvaldo”, the vessel master’s lawyers appoint nautical surveyor Alfonso Morisieri to reconstruct how the accident happened in light of the regulations in force. With the Coast Guard’s investigation still at an early stage, the appointment allows him to take part in any one-off technical examination the Public Prosecutor may order to establish the facts.
Source: Il Gazzettino, print editionFor the collision on 7 February 2023 in the Marani canal, between Vignole and Murano, in which a water taxi split in two the mascareta of two rowing athletes during training, the Public Prosecutor requests that the driver stand trial for negligent shipwreck and negligent injury. Technical consultant for the two rowers, the injured parties: Dr Alfonso Morisieri.
Source: Il Gazzettino, print editionIn an opinion piece signed as president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, Alfonso Morisieri identifies three key elements for the present and future of navigation on Lake Como: safety, state-owned waterfront and water mobility. After what happened on Saturday 22 June, with boats out despite prohibitive weather, he highlights the risks linked to the growth of hire and charter pleasure craft operated without adequate experience or licences. He proposes mapping mooring and landing points and a water mobility plan to create new routes, promote the lake’s lesser-known areas and extend the tourist season.
Source: La Provincia di Como, “Frontiera” supplement, print editionComo’s city executive assigns the Sant’Agostino pier to the Guardia di Finanza until 2032 and moves other boats to Villa Geno, after concerns over traffic, boarding and landing. For the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, Alfonso Morisieri comments: “It seems a sensible choice to me.” The problems at the Sant’Agostino port, he notes, “are obvious to everyone”, and many bodies and stakeholders have raised issues that it is right to regulate.
Source: La Provincia di ComoAhead of a season expected to be very positive, Alfonso Morisieri, president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, which brings together twelve operators and around thirty non-scheduled public service vessels, stresses that overtourism makes it necessary to plan alternative mobility by water to reduce road traffic. He criticises the confusion caused by the improper use of the word “taxi” for commercial pleasure boating and calls for roles and responsibilities to be restored, a reorganisation of the lake’s state-owned waterfront with clear uses and priority criteria for facilities, and faster progress on the plan for alternative mobility on the lake. He also renews his request to the Basin Authority to set up a permanent technical round table.
Source: La Provincia di Como, print editionIn the proceedings for negligent injury concerning a passenger who fell into the water in June 2021 while stepping off a pleasure boat at Fondamenta Lorenzo Radi, Murano, the report by party-appointed surveyor Alfonso Morisieri explains that even temporary mooring requires at least one line secured to a mooring post: without it, the boat can drift away and roll, making boarding and landing difficult. According to the report, filed by the civil party, the incident “should not be dismissed as a mere accident”.
Source: La Voce di Venezia, Il GazzettinoAs president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, which brings together twelve operators and more than thirty vessels, Alfonso Morisieri thanks the police for the season’s checks and points out that the companies fined are not members of the consortium. He highlights the traffic problems caused by the unchecked growth of boat rentals and the need to plan the use of the limited state-owned waterfront more carefully, recalls the consortium’s management of the Bellagio landing stages since 2023, and proposes a genuine water mobility plan for Lake Como, with safety as the priority.
Source: La Provincia di ComoIn the debate on wave damage in the lagoon, water mobility expert Alfonso Morisieri stresses that the need to regulate the phenomenon comes from the grassroots, from those who travel on the water and know what is needed, yet the problem has still not been solved. To reduce wave motion, he notes, the booming water traffic must be reduced: commercial pleasure boating is now out of control.
Source: La Nuova Venezia, print editionYes to a round table on the critical issues of navigation on the lake, but first, says Alfonso Morisieri, president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, it is essential that everyone operates within their own remit and the rules in force: safety is the priority. He recalls the difference between non-scheduled public transport and commercial pleasure boating and proposes a review of supply and demand for these services. He also renews his call for a permanent round table on navigation on the lake.
Source: La Provincia di Como, print editionFollowing the deaths of two sisters who went overboard from an Actv water bus on the Punta Sabbioni–Lido route, the lawyers instructed by the family appoint Alfonso Morisieri, a well-known marine surveyor, to assess the civil and insurance aspects of the case and examine any liability of the transport company, alongside the criminal investigation.
Source: Il Gazzettino, print editionArgegno sees the launch of the first taxi boat on Lake Como equipped for people with reduced mobility: an eight-metre Venetian mahogany motorboat with a retractable hydraulic ramp and a sensor that prevents rolling, operated within the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario. At the launch, together with President Alfonso Morisieri, para water-ski champion Pietro De Maria was present as testimonial.
Source: La Provincia di Como, print editionAfter a seven-metre boat with a skipper and three passengers on board sank at Lenno on 22 June, Alfonso Morisieri, president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, makes clear that it was a pleasure craft used for hire, not a taxi. The consortium’s motorboats, he points out, provide a non-scheduled public service, are entered in dedicated public registers and meet strict safety requirements. Hence his advice to users to beware of imitations and check authorisations.
Source: La Provincia di Como, print editionAt the meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce by the Lake Como Basin Authority, as part of the “Pact for Lake Como boating”, on the Region’s decision to increase the number of licences for non-scheduled public passenger transport, Alfonso Morisieri, president of the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario, expresses moderate satisfaction. On the use of landing stages, he notes that pleasure-boat hire, while deserving respect, works in a different way and cannot be considered a non-scheduled public service: for this reason some areas should be reserved, on an exclusive and priority basis, for those providing a public service, to protect users.
Source: La Provincia di Como, print editionSix companies with 31 motorboats, about 70% of those licensed, join forces in the Consorzio Motoscafi Lario to run tourist services on the lake, such as the Como–Bellagio route, and to tackle unlicensed operators, whose business is estimated at over €2 million. President Alfonso Morisieri explains the aim: “We don’t want to wipe them out, but to bring them into the Consortium by getting them to comply with the rules.”
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