April 5, 2024 Remote inspection techniques The Directorate wishes to inform all concerned that the use of Remote Inspection Techniques (RITs) are accepted onboard Malta...
April 5, 2024 Issuance of the small commercial yacht code (sCYC) 2024 The Directorate has received internal and external feedback from various industry stakeholders requesting a tailormade Commercial Yacht Code for...
April 5, 2024 Commercial yachts extended range tender guidelines This Directorate wishes to inform all interested parties that in order to continue improving our services and enhancing the...
March 13, 2024 Accident and incident safety investigations In terms of the Merchant Shipping (Accident and Incident Safety Investigations), 2011, marine accidents and incidents involving all Maltese...
February 14, 2024 Measures to enhance maritime security in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea The Directorate would like to remind all concerned of Merchant Shipping Notice 82 Rev.1, highlighting the need to register...
January 15, 2024 Mandatory Notification of Tanker Sales – Guidance from the sanctions monitoring board Further to Merchant Shipping Notice 183, the Directorate notifies all concerned that the Sanctions Monitoring Board (SMB), being the...
January 15, 2024 Merchant Ships Navigating in the south Red Sea Transiting the Bab El-Mandeb Strait The Directorate draws the attention of all concerned to the escalating security situation in the Red Sea. For more...
January 9, 2024 Heavy fuel oil ban in arctic waters The Merchant Shipping Directorate wishes to draw the attention of all concerned to Resolution MEPC.329(76) introducing a prohibition on...
December 29, 2023 National and Public Holidays The Directorate wishes to bring to the attention of all concerned the National and Public Holidays for 2024. For...
December 27, 2023 AWG Fire Hose Nozzles The Directorate wishes to draw the attention of all concerned to the potential safety issues associated with AWG firefighting...
November 15, 2023 Amended EU MRV Regulation This Directorate reminds all concerned of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of 29 April 2015, on the monitoring,...
October 23, 2023 Interim guidance on the use of biofuels under regulations 26, 27 and 28 of MARPOL annex VI (DCS and CII) The Directorate wishes to draw the attention of all concerned to MEPC.1/Circ.905 containing interim guidance on the use of...