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Merchant Shipping Directorate Update
Deferral of payment date of registration fees and annual tonnage tax of merchant ships
Further to the measures announced by the Directorate, additional measures have been announced with effect from 1 April 2020.
The Directorate is fully aware that the shipping industry has been severely impacted by COVID-19 and has therefore announced that the payment date of registration fees and annual tonnage tax of merchant ships which fall due on or after 1 April 2020 shall be deferred by a period of three months from the due date.
To this effect, requests to issue renewal Certificates of Registry shall be accompanied by a request for the deferral of payment of the relevant registration fees and annual tonnage tax.
All requests are to be sent to: shipreg.tm@transport.gov.mt
