The Malta Maritime Forum held its first official meeting following the appointment of its board members with Transport Minister Joe Mizzi, Transport Malta chairman James Piscopo and Transport Malta chief officers.

Malta Maritime Forum chairman Joe Borg explained the mission of the forum – namely to promote the interests of the local maritime industry. Dr Borg highlighted that action has already been taken by the forum to set up sub-committees to deal with themes like education, safety and quality, marketing and internationalisation, ports, services and sea management, marine resources, culture and heritage.

Mr Mizzi reciprocated the intentions expressed by Dr Borg to establish an ongoing dialogue between the government and the maritime industry so that this industry can continue to grow and corrective measures be taken to ensure that maritime Malta offers the highest of standards.

He confirmed the government’s commitment towards the development of the maritime industry and augured that this initiative being taken by the industry will result in the attraction of more maritime business to Malta.

In the course of this meeting, it was agreed that a working team be set up between Transport Malta and the Malta Maritime Forum so that the two sides can immediately start discussing issues of common interest.

Both sides agree that the first priority should be given to education and training.

The Malta Maritime Forum will be meeting with other ministers and parliamentary secretaries in the coming weeks to set the dialogue going between all entities that have a vested interest in the sector.

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