Malta has a centuries old Maritime tradition.
The strategic location of the Maltese Islands
at heart of the Mediterranean Sea, its natural
harbours, and the entrepreneurial and maritime
skills of its people have, since time immemorial,
conspired with its history and millennial
culture to transform this European sovereign
state into an international maritime service
centre.
From its position astride one of the major
arteries of shipping. Malta offers a whole
range of international maritime services
and 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, including
a very successful Freeport and oil terminal,
high level training for both deck and engineering
officers at a very well respected nautical
school, a hub for cruise liners, international
yacht marinas backed by efficient repair
and shore support services 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
Maritime Law Institute, and the International
Ocean Institute.
Malta is committed to further expansion
as an international service centre. This
is manifested by the continuous development
of what already is a sophisticated legal
and financial regime, by the huge investment
in infrustructural services, and by the
sheer determination to succeed both on the
part of the authorities and also of the
substantial number of highly trained professionals
who provide excellent back-up services.
It is from within this framework of an
international maritime and service centre
that Malta offers the international shipping
community a thriving and reputable open
ship register, one of the eight largest
registers in the world.
The Malta Flag is today a flag of confidence,
a flag of choice, its good standing evidenced
both by the number of ship owning and ship
management companies of repute which register
their ships in Malta, and also by the confidence
shown by the leading international banks
and financiers who at times recommend the
Maltese register.
The Malta maritime flag is the flag of
a well-established, yet dynamic, maritime
centre. The Malta international ship register
completes the wide range of services, which
is Maritime Malta and at the same time draws
its strength from being an integral part
of a truly international maritime and service
centre.
Maritime Malta 