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The Small Commercial Yacht Code (sCYC) 2024[1] updates and replaces the applicable requirements for Commercial Yachts smaller than 24 metres...

An employee engaged by a ship management company may now enjoy beneficial tax rates on employment income.

Even though substantial advances have been made in the automated tracking systems that are used to identify and monitor vessels' movements, it does not eliminate the fact that vessels are mobile...

Malta's strategic location in the Mediterranean, coupled with its robust maritime legal framework, has positioned it as a leading jurisdiction for shipping activities.

The recent escalation of tensions in the Strait of Hormuz has once again brought into focus the vulnerability of global maritime trade to geopolitical developments in strategic chokepoints.

Many new owners of luxury yachts often feel that they can offset part of the operational expenses of running their vessel by chartering it to others when it is otherwise not in use.

On the 25th of November 2016, Legal Notice 390 of 2016 titled the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Amendment) Rules 2016, was published in the Government Gazette.

After taking into consideration a number of proposals made by the local flag administration and the importance to remain competitive in such an important industry, a number of amendments have been put forward to the Merchant Shipping Act...

As an island state which has tourism (and the sea) as one of its main sources for national income, the news that this Convention will soon be implemented is indeed welcome.

Early this year the Maltese Government introduced a system whereby yacht owners could register their yachts in Malta and pay 5% VAT on the market value of the yacht. Such yachts would be considered to be VAT-paid for EU purposes as soon as Malta joins the European Union on 1st May, 2004. The offer was valid until 31st March, 2004

Transport Malta's Merchant Shipping Directorate has issued Commercial Yachting Notice 15, establishing clear protocols for Certificate of Competency endorsements on Malta-flagged commercial yachts.

The Maltese flag has received a high rank within US ports for the first time in the history of the Malta Ship Registry, announced Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia on Saturday.

The Maltese Registry of Ships has introduced Merchant Shipping Notice 206, offering a streamlined alternative for accepting foreign documents without full apostille or legalisation requirements.

In part one I discussed how piracy has affected the maritime industry and BIMCO’s newly published GUARDCON (Standard Contract for the Employment of Security Guards on Vessels).

Further to Merchant Shipping Notices No.133 and No.137 concerning the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emission ...

Permitted passenger ship and yacht activities in Malta.

Russian metal trading company YZMP, the holder of a CONGEN 1994 bill of lading, took delivery of 411 coils of steel sheets at Novorossiysk, Russia, all with varying degrees of damage.

a recent development that had emerged was the issue of the International Oil Pollution Prevention (hereinafter referred to as "IOPP") certificate de-harmonisation with respect to the various key certificates of a ship.