Notices to Mariners issued in Govt. Gazette 21,273 of 21st June 2024

The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, notifies mariners that D-fenders will be installed along the Marfa Quay at Ir-Ramla tal-Bir in Il-Fliegu ta' Kemmuna.

The D-fenders will be installed along the line A, B, C, as shown in red on the attached chart. The installation will be starting on Wednesday, 19th June, 2024 and is expected to be completed by Wednesday, 3rd July, 2024.

Some of the work will be carried out by scuba divers and they will be displaying the International Code of Signals flag “A".

A safety area of 20m from the quay is to be kept, due to the above-mentioned works, therefore no vessel will be allowed to berth alongside the breakwater whilst the work is being carried out, unless with the approval of the contractor on site. The remainder of the quay, where no work is being undertaken will remain available.

Mariners are to keep a sharp lookout, navigate with caution and at very slow speed and no wake when in the vicinity and are to give the indicated areas a wide berth, they are to co-operate with the contractor on site.

All mariners are to comply with any instructions given on VHF Channel 12 and/or 16, by Valletta VTS and by any Enforcement Personnel on site.

Chart affected: BA 211

The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, notifies mariners that a 5-minute fireworks display, during a wedding, will be let off from the foreshore of Il-Fortizza Manoel on Friday, 28th June, 2024. The display will be centred at Point A as shown on the chart found on Transport Malta website (www.transport.gov.mt) in the approximate following position:

Latitude (N) Longitude (E)

A 35° 54'.222 14° 30'.469

The fireworks display will take place between 9.45 p.m. and 10.00 p.m.

In view of the above, mariners are advised to keep 150 metres away from point A on the above-mentioned date and time.

Further to the above a flat barge with an overall length of 23.7 meters will be moored stern-to at point B as shown on the chart found on Transport Malta website (www.transport.gov.mt).

Latitude (N) Longitude (E)

B 35° 54'.133 14° 30'.367

The flat barge will be moored in position on Tuesday, 25th June, 2024 in the morning and will be removed on Saturday, 29th June, 2024 in the morning. The barge will be used as a landing platform from which passengers will be able to embark or disembark. It will remain in position for the whole duration, and it will exhibit a light at the most seaward section of the barge.

Any boats berthed or anchored within the area shown on the attached chart are to be removed during the above-mentioned date and time. The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, will accept no liability whatsoever for any damage caused by the firework displays to any vessel and her ancillary equipment, whether such vessel and her ancillary equipment are left within the 150m safety zone, or outside such safety zone, from the point from which the fireworks are let off.

All mariners are to comply with any instructions given on VHF Channel 12 and/or 16, by Valletta VTS and by any enforcement officers on site.

Chart affected: BA 177