Geographical Location:
Latitude – 35.917973
Longitude – 14.409943
GPS co-ordinates – 35° 55′ 4.7028” N
14° 24′ 35.7948” E
Distance from Sicily – 96 nautical miles
Distance from Libya – 196 nautical miles
Deviation from Suez to Gibraltar – 6 nautical miles
Maritime Statistics
- Number of ships visiting Malta annually – 7,500
- Total volume of full containers discharged and loaded – 95,000 teus
- Total number of trailers loaded / discharged – 56,000 units
- Conventional / breakbulk cargo – 450,000 tons
- No of ships under the Malta flag – 2,178 vessels (as at end 2018)
- Cruise liners calling at Malta – 310 cruise liners (total in 2018)
Main Ports & Terminals
Valletta
Cargo Facilities
Lab Wharf South 1 – LOA 117m, Max Draft 8m
Lab Wharf South 2 – LOA 70m, Max Draft 5.7m
Magazine Wharf – LOA 417m, Max Draft 12m
Name of Berth | Length (m) | Depth Min (m) | Depth Max (m) |
Deep Water Quay 1-3 | 350 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
Deep Water Quay 4 | 138 | 8 | 8 |
Deep Water Quay 5 | 74 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
Cruise Facilities
Name of Berth | Length (m) | Depth Min (m) | Depth Max (m) |
Pinto Wharf 3 | 171 | 9.8 | 10 |
Pinto Wharves 1 & 2 | 307 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
Pinto Wharves 4 & 5 | 250 | 10 | 11 |
Marsaxlokk
Malta Freeport Terminal
Terminal One | North Quay | West Quay |
Length of quay | 1,000 m | 290 m |
Dredged water depth | 17 m | 9.5 m |
Terminal Two | North Quay | South Quay | Ro-Ro Berth | West Quay | |
Length of quay: | 513m | 660m | 220m | 118m | |
Dredged water depth: | 17m | 17 m | 12.5m | 15m |
Oil Storage Terminal
Name of Berth | Length (m) | Depth Min (m) | Depth Max (m) |
Oiltanking | 750 | 6 | 17.4 |
Ship Repair Facilities
Shipyard
SHIPYARD AREA – 270.000 sqm
YARDS BERTH LENGTH – 1040m + 377m
Facilities | Length | Breadth | Draft |
Craving Dock n’2 | 164 | 28.5 (38.4) | 8.8 |
Craving Covered Dock n’3 | 144 | 23 (31.7) | 8.8 |
Craving Dock n04 | 262 | 40 | 8.5 |
Craving Dock n’5 | 216 | 27.4 (35) | 8.5 |
Craving Dock n’6 | 362 | 62 | 9.3 |
Craving Dock n’ 7 | 98 | 35 | 3.4 |
Ercolino II Floatin Dock n -8 | 40 | 12.5 (18) | 2.8 |
Travel lift 430T |
Other ship repair facilities:
Floating dock
Maximum Capacity | 5000 tons |
LOA | 128m |
Breadth over pontoon deck | 23.30m |
Breadth (Clear) | 21.78m |
Two Lateral Cranes with lifting capacity of 5 tons each as well as all the equipment are powered through the inbuilt generator system.
Bunkering Facilities in Malta
Malta is an ideal location for bunkering because of the competitive price and facilities for bunkers.
Bunkering operations can be undertaken in port even when vessel is under cargo operation, as well as outside harbour. There are four different bunkering zones, namely:
Transhipment Facilities:
Malta caters for transhipment of containers, general cargo, project cargo and liquid products. On average Malta handles over 3 million teus per year. Apart from the facilities on land, Malta offers also facilities for offshore ship to ship operations.