The MMF was present at the launch of the Valletta Grand Harbour Waterfront Strategic Plan on the invitation of the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects, the Hon. Ian Borg. The MMF was represented by its Chairman Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon and CEO Kevin J Borg. You can download a copy of [...]
The Malta Maritime Forum is pleased to note that the Civil Court (Commercial Section) is being bolstered in line with recommendations it had made in the public domain last March. In fact, the Forum understands that a judge who is at present hearing lawsuits within the Civil Court (Commercial Section) has also been assigned [...]
A discussion was held between members of the Malta Maritime Forum and Dr Magdalena Adamowicz a member of the European Parliament from the EPP - European People's Party and active member of the EPs Transport and Tourism Committee. The discussion centred around the importance of the Maritime Industry in a European context; the decarbonisation of the [...]
Steen Jakobsen, CIO and Chief Economist of SAXO Bank expressed himself more than optimistic about Malta’s prospects for economic recovery at a business webinar organised by the Malta Maritime Forum and Bank of Valletta on 19 May. The event, targeted at business players in the maritime sector, was attended by well over 100 participants and [...]
The Malta Maritime Forum (MMF) is very appreciative of the Port Charges Refund Scheme announced yesterday. This was one of the proposals made by MMF to assist and stimulate business in the Maritime sector in these difficult times. We thank the Prime Minister, the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure and the Minister for Economy, Investment [...]
Local maritime entities have lost 40% to a 100% total market share wipeout An industry that provides employment to 11,500 workers is at risk  The Malta Maritime Forum notes with deep regret and concern that its prudent approach and sense of responsibility, particularly at this hour, were not appreciated, let alone reciprocated by government. [...]
The Maltese maritime industry, represented by the Malta Maritime Forum is perplexed, to say the least, that it has been largely overlooked by Government in the measures that have been announced to date to assist those economic activities which have been adversely affected by the coronavirus. After due consultation with the representatives of the industry, [...]
The European Network of Maritime Clusters, to which the Malta Maritime Forum are members, opted to hold their annual presidium in Malta for 2018. A networking event was organized on the 15th October by the ENMC presidium for various member clusters from Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands as well as Board Members from the [...]
The importance of a common platform that brings together all the entities and enterprises involved in the maritime sector was highlighted by the Malta Maritime Forum CEO, Michael Callus during a short presentation delivered at the Southern European Pilots Meeting which the Malta Maritime Pilots hosted between April 29th and 30th. The meeting, bringing together pilots [...]
The Malta Maritime Forum together with the Chamber of Commerce Enterprise and Industry organized a consultative meeting on Tuesday 16thApril, 2019, on the Grand Harbour Regeneration Plan Project being conducted by the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects together with the concerned Public Authorities. Members and other interested stakeholders were invited for this consultative [...]
