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  • Port Notice No. 10 of 2025 on Sanctions and Restrictive Measures

    Transport Malta has issued Port Notice No. 10 of 2025 to remind all ship agents, bunker operators, maritime service providers, and terminal operators of the current sanctions and restrictive measures, particularly those responding to actions undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity. All concerned parties must:

    • Regularly consult the Sanctions Monitoring Board website (https://smb.gov.mt) for up-to-date sanctions and subscribe to notifications.
    • Conduct thorough due diligence to ensure that vessels calling at Maltese ports or receiving services (even outside territorial waters) are not subject to sanctions or restrictive measures.
    • Submit declarations of due diligence via the national single window system (tmSW) before vessel arrival, and notify the Authority for services provided outside territorial waters.
    • Comply fully with all applicable obligations and cooperate with enforcement efforts.

    No authorisation or clearance will be granted by the Authority unless there is full compliance with these requirements. This notice also revokes Port Notice 03/2022.

    Read the Port Notice in full here:

    Port Notice 10 of 2025 Sanctions and Restrictive MeasuresDownload

  • National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act Revision, 14 November 2025

    Malta has adopted the revised National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act on 14 November 2025 (No. XXXV of 2025) introducing reforms to further strengthen the national sanctions framework.

    The updated law enhances obligations and enforcement measures that directly affect natural persons and legal persons operating in Malta. Natural persons and legal persons are encouraged to review their compliance frameworks to ensure alignment with the new requirements particularly in relation to risk assessments, record-keeping and sanctions screening processes.

    Read the full Act here: https://parlament.mt/media/136388/act-35-interess-nazzjonali.pdf

  • Import ban on refined products obtained from Russian crude oil

    FAQs on sanctions against Russia and Belarus, with focus on the following provisions: Article 3ma of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014.

    Frequently asked questions on import ban on refined products obtained from Russian crude oil concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.

    Kindly find the link below.

    faqs-sanctions-russia-oil-import-ban_enDownload