Budget 2027 · Chapter 6
Port investments, shore power, pleasure-craft fees and cruise charges are separate commitments with different scopes and delivery stages.
Printed p. 59 names continuing extensions at Pinto 4 and 5 and Lascaris, and work on the Birżebbuġa slipway and berm. It also lists Msida Creek among infrastructure works. No individual project budgets or completion dates are stated for these projects. Msida Creek belongs to the broader transport/infrastructure programme, not a new vessel tax.
Extensions at Pinto 4 and 5 and Lascaris are named among infrastructure projects continuing in 2027.
Infrastructure / capacity—not a cash benefit.
Speech printed p. 59 · PDF p. 63
Work continues on the Birżebbuġa boat slipway and berm project.
Infrastructure / capacity—not a cash benefit.
Speech printed p. 59 · PDF p. 63
The Msida Creek project is among the major infrastructure projects continuing in 2027.
Infrastructure / capacity—not a cash benefit.
Speech printed p. 59 · PDF p. 63
Shore supply in the southern Grand Harbour and Lascaris is planned to complete by the end of 2028. That date applies to the shore-supply project; it must not be copied onto every port extension or slipway. The speech does not provide a project-specific amount in this passage.
Shore supply in the southern Grand Harbour and Lascaris is planned for completion by the end of 2028.
Planned completion by end 2028
Infrastructure / capacity—not a cash benefit.
Speech printed p. 59 · PDF p. 63
The separate fiscal chapter announces additional annual pleasure-craft fees for 10–24 metre boats, with professional fishers and boats below 10 metres exempt. Cruise visitor charges concern disembarking and re-embarking passengers, not passengers starting their cruise in Malta. Gozo fares are a different transport measure; these charges do not constitute a single maritime levy.
Additional annual registration fees from €300 to €2,600 apply to boats between 10 and 24 metres.
€300 to €2,600 per year
Speech printed p. 33 · PDF p. 37
Cruise visitors who disembark and re-embark in Malta pay a €10 charge. Passengers who begin their cruise in Malta are excluded.
€10 per visitor
Speech printed p. 26 · PDF p. 30
Non-resident adults pay €11 (was €4.65), children €7 (was €1.15) and a car with driver €22 (was €15.70).
Adult €11; child €7; car + driver €22
Speech printed p. 31 · PDF p. 35
Budgets and dates not stated in the speech remain unfilled. Capacity figures describe planned facilities, not cash entitlements.
Project continues during 2027Completion: Not stated
Extension projects continue in 2027Completion: Not stated
Shore-supply project continuing; completion planned by end 2028Completion: End of 2028 (planned)
Slipway and berm project continuesCompletion: Not stated