Porto Torres: sunken boats and environmental risk

Abandoned boats, and some even sunk with their mooring lines still in tension. They are the reflection of the degradation of the quay, near the Harbor Office in Porto Torres, where some pleasure boats are moored.

Wrecks now submerged in the water, others ready to sink with a battery still on board and environmental risks for the sea. Someone leaks diesel into the body of water already colored green due to the natural effect of algae.

The result is a mess of neglect and neglect, a state of abandonment of the port area that connects to the city, precisely in that part that is suitable for walks on summer evenings. The images tell of half-sunken wooden fishing boats, of dinghies now completely submerged in water. The reasons for abandonment can be various, including the owner's lack of financial availability to pay for mooring. Without considering that a boat takes up space that could be profitable. On the state-owned quay, a little further on, weeds, dog excrement and cigarette butts complete the work of degradation.