This year the Malta Ship registry will be celebrating its 50 year Anniversary. The Malta Ship Registry has been organizing various events as a way of celebrating this achievement. These events are used as an opportunity to celebrate and discuss the future of the sector with...
Read MoreEvery year the European Commission celebrates European Maritime Day. The main event will be over two days and it will be held in Brest, France between the 24th and 25th of May. Some activities in Malta are being planned by a number of organizations to raise...
Read MoreFollowing the recent visits of Sea Cloud and Sea Cloud II, we are delighted to welcome Sea Cloud Spirit in the Valletta Grand Harbour. This is a significant event being its inaugural visit to its country of registration, Malta. Built in 2021 Sea Cloud Spirit is...
Read MoreThe theme for this year’s World Maritime day organized by the International Maritime Organization is 'New technologies for greener shipping'. The 29th September 2022 will serve as an opportunity for the maritime industry to present emerging technologies, innovations, research and development towards sustainable future for...
Read MoreYour voyage -then and now, share your journey The 25th of June marks the 12th year celebration of the Day of the Seafarers. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) came up with this year’s theme ‘Your voyage -then and now, share your journey’. The IMO are encouraging...
Read MorePhoto: pixabay The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) aimed to achieve both favourable working conditions for seafarers and secure economic interests in fair competition for quality shipowners - known as the "fourth pillar" of the international regulatory regime for quality shipping, complementing the key Conventions of the...
Read MoreThe 30th of September commemorates the World Maritime Day. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which is the organising body for such memorial entitled the 2021 year’s theme as ‘Seafarers: at the core of Shipping’s Future’. IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, in fact emphasised that even though the...
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#FairFuture4Seafarers is the imperative concept for the ‘Day of the Seafarer’ in 2021. Following the hardships seafarers experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s campaign will focus on urging governments to recognise seafarers as key workers. The aim is to ease travel restrictions for seafarers...
Read MoreFollowing Last November’s call of the Champs Elysees, the 2nd out of a series of nine 23,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) containerships built for CMA CGM, the Malta Freeport is now set to receive weekly calls by CMA CGM’s LNG powered super containerships. LNG provides...
Read MoreThe Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in Asian bringing families together for feasting. This year it seems that the Lunar New Year will mark multiple turning points in the shipping industry, especially for oil demand and container supplies, following much turmoil in...
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