The British Navy left in 1979 leaving Malta with massive comprehensive dockyard facilities with skilled labour that draws on generations (father to son) of ship building and repair. These facilities have been refined over the last 20 years into a service centre for modern shipping that includes specialist facilities for luxury pleasure craft and many of the Worlds Super Yacht fleet.

Boasting in excess of 1,600 berths in well protected marinas, Malta offers some of the cheapest moorings and berths in the Med. Combined with an ideal climate for wintering and extensive dockyard facilities the Islands supply economic labour rates and maintenance costs. Cheap in fact, when compared to that of the popular northern Med cruising grounds.

Ease of travel to Malta comes via the large International Airport (boasting a bigger runway than Heathrow) Budget Airlines Ryan Air, Easy Jet and British Midland accompany daily flights by BA, Lufthansa, Emirates and of course our own Air Malta covering routes to all the main UK airports and the major European and far East destinations. With the budget airlines flying for less than £50 return, and with only a flight time of 2 hours 45 minutes, getting to your boat for a long weekend is no more difficult than the South of France or the Balearics. Our advantage is your boat will only be a £10 taxi ride from the airport. You see, nothing in Malta is far away.

With tourism at the fore front of Malta’s industry bringing an international clientele of visitors and construction a close second due to the fast development of luxury apartments and Marina complexes. A little mentioned industry is the Hollywood Film production. Having the best of ancient buildings and skyline that remained unchanged for centuries, Malta offers the film makers acres of natural film sets. Combined with the huge studios and a large inland tank Hollywood loves it here.

Major blockbusters filmed in Malta include Midnight Express, Gladiator, Troy, U579, Alexander, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Da Vinci Code, Munich, Popeye, Orca the Killer Whale and now the new Tutankhamen Movie. Along with TV shows such as Roman Mysteries and even Coronation Street have seen the amazing scenery and historical building used as real life film sets.Obviously with such films came such personalities as Brad Pitt, Jenifer Aniston, Russell Crowe, Sharon Stone, Matthew McConnaughey, Stephen Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Sean Connery and Robin Williams.

Many celebrities have enjoyed exclusive charters, organised by Sunseeker Malta, around the Maltese Islands historic coastline and our expertise in finding beautiful and secluded anchorages away from attention. Some have had time to enjoy longer cruises, as far as the majestic volcanic Aeonian Islands north of Sicily and those wonderful harbours of Sicily itself. All, of course benefiting from the luxury of the various Sunseekers managed by us and berthed here in Malta.

And for the ladies, while the boat is being prepared and readied for the cruise why not enjoy the many five star spa resorts we have on the island including the Fortina, Europe’s first and largest Hotel Spa. Corinthia, Hilton, Meridian, Excelsior, (which even has its own marina for those who fancy staying off the boat for a while)

With 12 cruise liners a week coming in to enjoy the grandeur of the 2,000 year old Grand Harbour we have continued the 5,000 year old tradition of visiting Malta by sea.

From Homer to Caesar. From St Paul to Richard the Lionheart and from Napoleon to Brad Pitt we are a wonder of maritime history and a quiet, unspoiled cruising paradise.