Solicitor for Maritime Law in B’Kara

I’m setting up a commercial shipping operation using vessels based in Malta, and I want to understand what insurance coverage is actually a legal requirement, as opposed to what might simply be commercially prudent to have in place.

I agreed verbally with a boat owner in Malta to charter their vessel for a specific period, including the agreed price and dates, but nothing was put in writing at the time. The owner is now saying the arrangement is off and wants to charter it to someone else instead who is offering more money. Can I actually enforce our original verbal agreement?

I operate a vessel registered under the Malta flag and I’m looking to hire crew members who are not Maltese nationals. I want to understand whether this is permitted, and what kind of certification or documentation these crew members would actually need to legally work on a Maltese-registered ship.

I’m financing the purchase of a vessel that will be registered under the Malta flag, and the lender wants security over the ship itself as part of the loan arrangement. I want to understand whether Maltese law actually allows for this kind of ship mortgage, and how it works in practice.

I operate a vessel that occasionally calls at Maltese ports, and I want to understand the potential legal liability I could face if my vessel were involved in any kind of pollution incident, whether accidental or otherwise, while in Maltese waters.

I’m considering taking up a position as a seafarer on a vessel registered under the Malta flag, and I want to understand whether my working conditions and employment rights would actually be governed by Maltese employment law in the same way as a typical shore-based job in Malta, or whether maritime employment operates under a different framework entirely.

I obtained a court judgment against a shipping company based in Malta through legal proceedings in another country, and I now want to actually enforce that judgment against the company’s assets in Malta. Is this something Maltese courts would actually recognise and allow?

I own a yacht just under 24 metres in length that I’d like to operate commercially, chartering it out to paying guests, and I want to understand whether Malta’s registration framework has specific provisions suited to a vessel of this particular size operating commercially rather than purely for private use.