Maritime Malta - Shipping Malta
Malta has a centuries old maritime tradition. The strategic location of the Maltese Islands at the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, its natural harbours and the entrepreneurial and maritime skills of its people have transformed this European Sovereign State into an international maritime services centre.
From its position astride one of the major arteries of shipping, Malta offers a whole range of maritime facilities: deep natural harbours and well equipped ports which offer a haven for international shipping, extensive bunkering, ship supplies and towage services, ship building and ship repair yards which can take the largest ships afloat, modern facilities for transhipment and distribution, high level training for both deck and engineering officers, international yacht marinas and of course, an international ship register which is now long established as one of the largest in the world.
Malta also hosts the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea, the IMO, International Marine Law Institute and the International Ocean Institute.
