Notices to Mariners issued in Government Gazette No. 21,728 of 6th October 2026

The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, notifies mariners that a 3-minute Chinese Cakes fireworks display will be held from the foreshore at Manoel Island at id-Daħla ta' Tas-Sliema on Monday, 5th October, 2026, at 11.00 p.m. 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'.203     014° 30'.425

In view of the above, mariners are advised to keep 60 meters away from point A, on the above-mentioned 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 above-mentioned 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 60 meters 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Malta, informs mariners and the general public that the conditions referenced in Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 2021 are no longer applicable.

As a result, Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 2021, which addressed radio frequency interference affecting the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), is hereby revoked with immediate effect.

Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 2021 is hereby cancelled.