Welcome to the first edition of the 2020 KPMG Malta Shipping
Newsletter.
This issue will constitute a bridge edition focusing on 2019
achievements which will hopefully lead to new opportunities
throughout the new year and decade. The most salient points of this
Newsletter will revolve around key regulatory and tax aspects which
will influence the Shipping and Yachting Industry throughout
2020.
We hope you will find this interesting and useful.
Should you wish to discuss further any of the below points
please feel free to reach out to our team members Stephan Piazza or Francesca Ferrando.
IMO 2020 – From a Strategy Outline to Implementation and
Enforcement
IMO 2020 remains a hot topic amongst shipping industry
practitioners. While compliance started prior to the entry into
force, either through the installation of scrubbers, the clean-up
of tanks in order to remove any trace of non-compliant fuels, or
through greener fleet acquisition planning. However, given
