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A legal notice was recently issued by the Ministry of Finance in Malta to transpose paragraph 5 of Article 105a of Council Directive 2006/112EC on the common system of value added tax, as subsequently amended.

Due to the ever intensifying Covid19 pandemic, the Ports and Yachting Directorate has issued additional precautionary measures applicable...

An important aspect of the Malta Flag registration, particularly for yachts, is the option for individual citizens to register their vessels in their own personal name if they hold a valid EU, EEA or Swiss passport.

Dr Matthew Attard and Dr Jan Rossi have contributed their insights about the current state of play in Malta's shipping industry to Ship Management International.

In December 2021, the European Maritime Safety Agency carried out a detailed assessment of the training and certification system in place in the Philippines for seafarers...

With 330m dwt on its books, Panama remains the most popular register with a lead of 126m dwt over second placed Liberia at 204m dwt.

During a press conference held on the 14th of October, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg announced that Transport Malta...

Malta is preparing a national integrated maritime policy reflecting national needs and in line with EU policies.

The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (the "Paris MoU") constitutes an agreement between 27 maritime authorities (including Malta) pursuant to which all member states...

The Government of Malta is actively seeking to enhance the maritime sector of Malta.

In order to address the current complex maritime security situation off the West Coast of Africa the Maltese Flag Administration has issued MSD Notice 159.

Earlier this year, the Government of Malta introduced the Cruise Casino Regulations with the aim of regulating the operation of casinos on board cruise ships berthed in Malta or within Maltese territorial waters.

Procedures for an arrest of vessel in Malta have been recently upgraded to enable, for the first time in Maltese legislative history, privately-engaged bailiffs to formally serve a warrant of...

On the 20th of February 2024, the following annual Certificates ( as applicable ) will expire for most of the merchant vessels...

All you need to know about the benefits of a Maltese Flag: tonnage tax regime, no other income tax, shipping companies, VAT benefits and how companies and shipowners in other countries can use the benefits in a cooperation.

Malta's desire to build a sustainable blue economy creates a host of investment opportunities for forward-looking companies in fields such as maritime technologies and expertise...

Effectively the carriage ban is an additional mechanism aimed at giving teeth to the new global sulphur limit.