In Italy, massive ships regularly came very close to shorelines or jetties in the Mediterranean, including the island of Procida, off the Amalfi coast, and Sicily.
[2] Some US-based cruise lines have been reluctant to answer questions pertaining to the extent to which salutes are performed today.
Passenger ship historian and writer Peter Knego says that salutes are still performed whether approved by cruise companies or not.
"[1] Italian environmentalists and some politicians demanded that big cruise ships be banned from passing too close to islands or shorelines, or entering delicate areas such as the Venetian lagoon.
[2] Determining to what degree sail-by salutes are condoned by cruise companies may prove crucial in resolving who was responsible for the accident.