Malta Freeport(Maltese:Il-Port Ħieles) is an internationalporton the island ofMaltawith a trade volume of 3.06 millionTEUsin 2015.[2]Malta Freeport is one ofbusiest ports in Europe.The port is situated inBirżebbuġain the southeastern part of Malta, on the site of the former seaplane baseRAF Kalafrana.
| Malta Freeport | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Malta |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1988[1] |
| Operated by | Malta Freeport Terminals Ltd |
| Owned by | Malta Freeport Corporation Ltd |
| Land area | about 0.771 square kilometres (77.1 ha) |
| Statistics | |
| Vesselarrivals | 2,189[2] |
| Annualcontainervolume | 3,060,000TEU's[2] |
| Website http://www.maltafreeport.com.mt | |
Established in 1988, Malta Freeport was the firsttransshipmenthub in the Mediterranean region. The company currently ranks twelfth among the top European ports and is the third largest transshipment and logistics centre in the Mediterranean region. Over 95% of theFreeport's container traffic is transshipment business with demand growth triggering successive rounds of funding and ownership changes.
Malta Freeport is theMediterranean'sthird largest transshipment port. A planned expansion would increase its quay length on both terminals from the present operational length of 2.2 kilometres to over 3 kilometres and the total area (from 680,000 m2) to 790,000 m2(0.79 km2).[1]
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edit- ^abAbout UsArchived2010-09-18 at theWayback Machine- Malta Freeport site
- ^abcContainer Terminals, TrafficArchived2014-12-11 at theWayback Machine- Malta Freeport site
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