# Valletta Harbors (MT MLA)

**UN/LOCODE:** MT MLA  
**Country:** Malta  
**Water Body:** Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 35.9000, 14.5167

Ship repairs, cruise calls, grain, cement and petroleum rather than container boxes define the Valletta Harbors (MT MLA) around Malta's Grand Harbour. Palumbo's Malta yard — 50% owned by the MSC Group since 2020 and the drydocking base for MSC Cruises' fleet — runs six dry docks up to 362 metres long, one of the Mediterranean's major repair and conversion centres, alongside the Bezzina and Cassar yards. Cargo handling centres on grain and cement silos and petroleum installations, while container throughput is minor at roughly 80,000 TEU. As a cruise port, Valletta logged 357 calls and more than 940,000 passengers in 2024. Road links serve the densely populated island hinterland. For containerised freight and transshipment, Malta Freeport at Marsaxlokk, with around 3.6 million TEU of capacity, is the correct gateway.

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