www.eurotugowners.com
Since its Foundation in 1963, the "EUROPEAN TUGOWNERS ASSOCIATION" (E.T.A) has brought together and promoted the interests of the European owners and operators of tugs and tenders serving vessles using the Ports of Europe and other continents.
www.marine-salvage.com
The International Salvage Union (I.S.U) brings together members who provide essential services for the wold's maratime and insurance communities. Members are engaged in marine casualty response, pollution defence, wreck removal, cargo recovery, towage and related activities.
www.mma.gov.mt
The Malta Maritime Authority was set up as a distinct and autonomous corporate body to supervise the organisation of the primary maritime services. It was established by law in 1991 as a Government Agency and so vested with detailed regulatory powers. The set-up of this Authority was to enable ports, merchant shipping and yachting centres to operate within centralised framework. The Authority operates as a distinct commercially driven organisation, committed to excellence in the provision of services that are both effective and competitive.
www.freeport.com.mt
Malta Freeport Terminals Limited is synonymous with transhipment success in the Mediterranean and is presently amongst the key players in the region. The Company amalgamates the activities of container handling and industrial storage and is renowned for its business culture, the relative absence of red tape and its ability to adapt quickly to changing trade patterns.
www.maltashipyards.com
Malta has provided shipyard services in the commercial sector since the mid 1960s. Recently created Malta Shipyards Ltd is made up of the Cospicua Site (Malta Dry Docks), the Marsa Site (Malta Shipbuilding Company Limited), Manoel Island Yacht Yard Limited and the Malta Shipyards Tank Cleaning Station. Employing over 1700 English speaking, skilled tradesmen the company is one of the largest employers in Malta.
www.imo.org
Shipping is perhaps the most international of all the world's great industries and one of the most dangerous. It has always been recognized that the best way of improving safety at sea is by developing international regulations that are followed by all shipping nations and from the mid-19th century onwards a number of such treaties were adopted. Several countries proposed that a permanent international body should be established to promote maritime safety more effectively, but it was not until the establishment of the United Nations itself that these hopes were realized. In 1948 an international conference in Geneva adopted a convention formally establishing IMO (the original name was the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, or IMCO, but the name was changed in 1982 to IMO).
www.emsa.europa.eu
EMSA's main objective is to provide technical and scientific assistance to the European Commission and Member States in the proper development and implementation of EU legislation on maritime safety, pollution by ships and security on board ships. To do this, one of EMSA's most important supporting tasks will be to improve cooperation with, and between, Member States in all key areas. EMSA sits at the heart of the EU maritime network and fully acknowledges the importance of effective collaboration with many different interests and, in particular, with the European and international institutions, Member State administrations and the maritime industry.
www.vallettawaterfront.com
VISET Malta p.l.c. is a privately owned company which took over the responsibility of passenger handling services in Valletta from the Government through an agreement signed in November 2001. The concession is for a 65-year lease period. VISET’s core business centres around servicing the five berthing facilities for calling cruise ships, passenger handling operations for turnarounds and passenger and vehicle ferry operations at Valletta’s Grand Harbour. VISET is the prime engine of the Valletta Waterfront Project and is committed to investing 25m euros on the regeneration of the historic Grand Harbour. This will give the island a state-of-the art new facility that fits sympathetically into the unspoilt historic setting of the walled city of Valletta.
