Valletta (Malta)

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Valletta cruise port

Region
Mediterranean - Black Sea

Local Time
2024-11-08 00:10

min: 69 °F (20 °C) / max: 70 °F (22 °C) 69°F
20.7°C
Wind: 135°/ 4.4 m/s  Gust: 4.4 m/sWind: 135°/ 4.4 m/s  Gust: 4.4 m/sGentle breeze
4.4 m/s
Min / Max Temperature70 °F / 22 °C
69 °F / 21 °C
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Port Valletta cruise ship schedule shows timetable calendars of all arrival and departure dates by month. The port's schedule lists all ships (in links) with cruises going to or leaving from Valletta, Malta. To see the full itineraries (ports of call dates and arrival / departure times) and their lowest rates – just follow the corresponding ship-link.

DayShipArrivalDeparture
31 October, 2024
Thursday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique09:0001 Nov, 09:00
1 November, 2024
Friday
Oceania Cruises Cruises cruise lineOceania Riviera07:0018:00
1 November, 2024
Friday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique18:0003 Nov, 23:00
2 November, 2024
Saturday
Emerald Cruises Cruises cruise lineEmerald Sakara
3 November, 2024
Sunday
MSC Explora Journeys Cruises cruise lineMSC Explora 108:0018:00
3 November, 2024
Sunday
Oceania Cruises Cruises cruise lineOceania Vista10:0020:00
3 November, 2024
Sunday
Norwegian Cruise Line Cruises cruise lineNorwegian Prima11:0022:00
5 November, 2024
Tuesday
Norwegian Cruise Line Cruises cruise lineNorwegian Escape06:0014:00
5 November, 2024
Tuesday
Costa Cruises Cruises cruise lineCosta Fortuna09:0018:00
6 November, 2024
Wednesday
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Cruises cruise linems Europa08:0022:00
6 November, 2024
Wednesday
MSC Cruises Cruises cruise lineMSC World Europa09:0017:00
7 November, 2024
Thursday
Silversea Cruises Cruises cruise lineSilver Ray08:0022:00
7 November, 2024
Thursday
Oceania Cruises Cruises cruise lineOceania Riviera08:0023:00
7 November, 2024
Thursday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique09:0008 Nov, 09:00
8 November, 2024
Friday
Marella Cruises Cruises cruise lineMarella Discovery08:0016:00
8 November, 2024
Friday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique18:0010 Nov, 23:00
10 November, 2024
Sunday
Star Clippers Cruises cruise lineStar Clipper
11 November, 2024
Monday
Silversea Cruises Cruises cruise lineSilver Moon12:0012 Nov, 23:00
12 November, 2024
Tuesday
Silversea Cruises Cruises cruise lineSilver Dawn12:0013 Nov, 18:00
13 November, 2024
Wednesday
MSC Cruises Cruises cruise lineMSC World Europa09:0017:00
14 November, 2024
Thursday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique09:0015 Nov, 09:00
15 November, 2024
Friday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique18:0017 Nov, 23:00
16 November, 2024
Saturday
Silversea Cruises Cruises cruise lineSilver Ray08:0017 Nov, 14:00
17 November, 2024
Sunday
Oceania Cruises Cruises cruise lineOceania Vista08:0017:00
20 November, 2024
Wednesday
MSC Cruises Cruises cruise lineMSC World Europa09:0017:00
21 November, 2024
Thursday
Viking Cruises Cruises cruise lineViking Saturn
21 November, 2024
Thursday
AIDA Cruises Cruises cruise lineAIDAblu08:0016:00
21 November, 2024
Thursday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique09:0022 Nov, 09:00
22 November, 2024
Friday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique18:0024 Nov, 23:00
27 November, 2024
Wednesday
Crystal Cruises Cruises cruise lineCrystal Symphony08:0018:00
27 November, 2024
Wednesday
MSC Cruises Cruises cruise lineMSC World Europa09:0017:00
28 November, 2024
Thursday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique09:0029 Nov, 09:00
29 November, 2024
Friday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems La Belle de l'Adriatique18:0030 Nov, 20:00

Valletta is the principal seaport and capital city of Malta (island country in the central Mediterranean Sea, southern Europe). Malta Island is located midway between North Africa and Sicily Island (Italy). Since 1974, Malta is a British Commonwealth nation. The other Malta cruise port is Mgarr Harbour (on Gozo Island).

The cruise port is located within the Grand Harbour (port locode MTMLA), which is a natural deepwater harbor waterway.

The Valletta Cruise Port is a subsidiary company of Global Ports Holding. In December 2023, Valletta Cruise Port officially started to provide shore-side power supply to berthed vessels. The first ship (Viking Saturn) connected to Boiler Wharf's shore-power system on December 1st. By this project (budgeted EUR 50 million), the Port now provides electricity (from the city's power grid) at the Grand Harbour's five cruise quays.

Valletta Malta is also the port of registry/flag state for many cruise vessels including riverboats.

A fast-ferry service Mgarr/Gozo-Valletta is provided by two companies - Gozo Fast Ferry, and Virtu Ferries. Both operators offer 45-min crossings via high-speed catamaran ferries with max passenger capacity 300. The Gozo-Valletta distance is approx 43 km (27 mi).

La Valletta City was founded by the 49th Grand Master of Knights of St John - Jean Parisot de Valette (1495-1568). Most of the town's medieval structures still remain.

In 2015, Port Valletta handled 668,277 cruise passengers (29% increase over 2014). The cruise port in 2016 reported a record year with a total of 682,222 cruisers (embarking passengers were excluded), or 2% increase over 2015. During 2016, the port was booked by 42 different cruise shipping operators and 81 different vessels. In 2016, Gozo Island received 19 cruise ship calls and around 7,000 passengers.

In 2017, Port Valletta handled 330 cruiseship calls and 700,000+ tourists. With P&O UK's ship Oceana in the Mediterranean during 2017 season, the port had scheduled 27 calls and over 100,000 passengers via P&O's fly-cruise deals (fares inclusive of flights from UK to Malta and back). The port also had another 5 calls with additional 10,000 passengers (visiting Valletta as port of call).

In 2017, Valletta welcomed its 700,000 cruiser. He arrived on MSC Meraviglia and received a free 3-day Malta vacation package for 2. The package (courtesy of Malta Tourism Authority) was inclusive of flights and a 2-night luxury hotel (provided by The Saint John Hotel). By the end of 2017, the cruise port reported a record year with handled 340 ship calls and around 780,000 passengers. For season 2017, here were homeported liners from the fleets of P&O UK and TUI. In 2017, Malta's inbound tourism results totalled nearly 2,3 million (15,7% increase over 2016). Total overnights in Malta increased by 10,3%. The tourism industry contributed EUR 1,9 billion to country's economy. As demographics, most cruise ship tourists are from North America (USA and Canada).

For 2018, Valletta City was designated "European Capital of Culture". In 2018, Port Valletta handled nearly 800,000 cruise tourists. Season's highlights included Seabourn Ovation's christening ceremony (held here on May 11).

In 2019 (a record year) were handled 906,000+ cruise passengers via 373 ship calls. Season 2019 included roundtrip departures by P&O UK and TUI liners, representing ~31% homeportng operations.

In the post-COVID 2022, the cruise port handled nearly 530,000 passengers.

For 2023, the Port reported ~65% increase (over 2022) in handled passenger movements (~900,000). The industry contributed ~EUR 85 million to the Maltese economy, of which EUR 32M in cruise tourists spending and EUR 53M in cruise lines spending.

Valletta cruise terminal

Valletta Cruise Port is managed by Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH) - currently ranked the world's largest cruise port terminal operator with lease agreements in the regions of Europe-Mediterranean, Caribbean, Asia-Pacific.

Cruise ships dock at Valletta Waterfront pier in Valletta Harbour. Currently, the cruise port offers 7 ship berths, of which 4 are within a 15-min walk from city center. In 2020 was inaugurated an extended quay with capacity to handle larger vessels.

Ther terminal features 250-year-old warehouses from the baroque era. This is the city's historical Quay Wall where merchant vessels used to dock and unload their cargo.

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