In an effort to further make the seas safer, Transport Malta has reduced the threshold in the requirement for a nautical licence to drivers of all mechanically driven craft having engine/s output of 30H.P. or more. Such requirement, as published in Legal Notice 57 of 2010, shall be effective as from 1st January 2011.

At present, a nautical licence is obligatory for craft powered by engine/s of 100 H.P or more.

The fact that this provision will come into force as from 1st January 2011, allows adequate lead time to the persons affected to undergo the necessary training at the training institutions recognised by Transport Malta. A nautical licence is issued to applicants who successfully complete the Basic Seamanship Course and pass Transport Malta’s examination at the end of such course.

The publication of Legal Notice 57 of 2010, which comes into effect retroactively as from 10th November 2009, also includes provisions to formally bring into force the reduction in both the initial and annual registration fees that the Government announced in the Budget speech last November.

The Authority had already taken the necessary measures so that boat owners benefited from such reductions as from the announcement of the reduced fees in the budget speech.

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