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

During the 79th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended Annex VI (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships)...

The Merchant Shipping Directorate has recently published Merchant Shipping Notice 126, drawing attention to the establishment of three emission control areas in the People's Republic of China, effective as from 1st January 2016.

In December 2022, at the 79th session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee, the IMO took action in order to create the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area (SECA) for Sulphur Oxides and Particulate Matter.

The Maltese Shipping Industry is working towards reducing its impact on the environment. This is taking place both on shore and on Maltese flagged vessels wherever they may be sailing.

A Global Sulphur Cap reducing the maximum sulphur content in the fuel used by ships has been effective since the 1st of January 2020.

The Maltese Government issued the Single-Use Plastic Products Strategy for Malta 2020-2030 (the 'Strategy') in May 2019.

Malta has been ranked as the seventh safest small country in the world and 15th overall in a new study by US data analysis firm Value Penguin.

Malta has been ranked as the seventh safest small country in the world and 15th overall in a new study by US data analysis firm Value Penguin.

The ‘International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-Operation 1990 (OPRC 1990)' and the ‘Protocol on Preparedness, Response

The shipping industry has witnessed tremendous growth in the international, global carriage of goods by container vessels.