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Act No. I of 2025 (the "Act") introduces the finance charter instrument as a legal mechanism to secure lessors' rights in ship financing. This article analyses the newly available security instruments, particularly the financial charter instrument.

In three nearly identical judgements delivered on 3 October 2024, the Maltese Court of Appeal (the "Court of Appeal"), presided over by Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti, Judge Christian Falzon Scerri and Judge Josette Demicoli, addressed the extent of a shipowner's standing in in rem proceedings against a vessel subject to bareboat charterparty agreement.

Today Malta laid on possibly the best ever beginning to a RC44 Championship Tour.

The purpose of this article is to highlight key reforms introduced in Act No. I of 2025 (the "Act"), aimed at strengthening Malta's maritime sector.

Transport Malta was justified to limit the berthing of a water sports vessel to one bay, since the safety requirements dictated this.

In a recent judgment, the Maltese Court rejected a foreign liquidator’s application to have a precautionary warrant of arrest lifted on the basis of the EC Regulation 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings.

Located in the heart of a significant array of shipping routes, Malta’s strategic position has enabled the country to develop one of the largest and most reputable ship registers in the world offering a variety of international maritime services.

Issue no. 29 of the Shipping & Maritime Law Newsletter is now available.

On 30th January 2026, the Registry of Ships (the "Registry") introduced the Code of Standards for the Appointment and Responsibilities of Resident Agents (the "Code") through Merchant Shipping Notice 203.

On 15th March 2024, the First Hall of the Civil Court delivered its judgement on the case of ‘Mediterranean Samac Company Limited (C 44907)...

As a ship-owning enterprise that has been in operation in Italy for more than two hundred years, Navigazione Montanari S.p.A is most certainly a success story.

The Merchant Shipping Directorate recently published Merchant Shipping Notice 171 announcing the entry into force of the Malta Passenger Yacht Code with effect from 25th May 2021.

The impact of disruptive technologies on the maritime labour force.

In the second episode of the "Ganado Meets Transport" podcast, Matthew Attard met with Michael Sillato, former Registrar of Shipping and Seamen and a key figure in the development of the Malta Flag ...

A ‘blockchain' is a system which can record transactions between two parties in an efficient, verifiable, and permanent way, where transactions made in a cryptocurrency are recorded and maintained...

As the maritime sector continues to evolve, innovative financial instruments are emerging to facilitate investment and secure maritime transactions.

In accordance with the Malta Commercial Yacht Code ("CYC"), on the 2nd September 2021, the Merchant Shipping Directorate of Transport Malta issued the ‘Commercial Yacht – Pleasure Yacht Changeover Guidelines'...