Notices to Mariners issued in Govt. Gazette 21,499 of 2nd September 2025

The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, notifies mariners that a Chinese Cakes fireworks display will be held from the foreshore off Tigné,  Tas-Sliema, on Wednesday 3rd September, 2025, between 9.00 p.m. and 10.00 p.m. for not more than 15 minutes. The display will be centred at Point A as shown in the chart found on the Transport Malta website (www.transport.gov.mt) in the approximate following position:

Latitude (N)Longitude (E)

A                  35° 54'.537        014° 30'.694

In view of the above, mariners are advised to keep 10m away from point A, on the abovementioned date and time.

Any boats berthed within the area shown in the chart found on the Transport Malta website (www.transport.gov.mt) are to be removed during the abovementioned date and time.

Transport Malta will accept no liability whatsoever for any damage caused by the firework displays to any vessel and its ancillary equipment, whether such vessel and her ancillary equipment are left within the 10m 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 personnel on site.

​Chart affected: BA 177

The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, notifies mariners that a Chinese Cakes fireworks display will be held from the foreshore off Tigné - Tas-Sliema on Saturday, 6th September, 2025, around 11.00 p.m. for not more than 3 minutes. The display will be centred at point A as shown on the chart found on the Transport Malta website (www.transport.gov.mt) in the approximate following position:

Latitude (N)Longitude (E)

A                         35° 54'.332      014° 30'.735

In view of the above, mariners are advised to keep 60m away from point A, on the abovementioned date and time.

Any boats berthed within the area shown on the chart found on the Transport Malta website (www.transport.gov.mt) are to be removed during the abovementioned date and time.

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 60m 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 personnel on site.

Chart affected: BA 177

The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, notifies mariners that acoustic survey and research will be carried out around Malta and between Malta and Sicily.

Weather permitting the survey/research is planned to commence on Wednesday, 3rd September, 2025 and be completed by Friday, 5th September, 2025. Works will take place day and night along the following transects:

Minn   Latitudni (N)               Lonġitudni(E)             għal     Latitudni (N)             Lonġitudni(E)

Part of the work consists of a survey vessel (M.V. Degre) towing a pelagic net and sometimes she will also be stationary therefore will be restricted in the ability to manoeuvre.

The survey vessel shall exhibit the appropriate lights and shape signals in accordance with the Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea. 1972 (COLREGS) and with the International Code of Signals.

Mariners are instructed to navigate with caution when the above-mentioned vessel is sighted and maintain a safe distance of 0.50 nautical miles from the vessels.

They are to observe any instructions given on VHF channel 69 and /or 16 by Malta Coastal Station (Malta VTS) and on VHF Channel 12 by Valletta VTS when crossing the channel between Sicily and Malta.

Charts affected: BA 194, 2123, 2124, 2537, 2538 and Int. 301

​Positions referred to WGS 84 DATUM