Affiliations

On 27th June, 2018 Malta Freeport Authority attended the first General Assembly of the MEDPorts Association as a founder member at the Port of  Marseille,  France. The Association is a league uniting twenty port  authorities  from  ten different countries around the Mediterranean. The  objectives of MEDPorts include, improving efficiency, sustainability,  competitiveness in the region and to study problems relating to port  activities and the Maritime Sector in general with a view to establishing worldwide recognition. The twenty founding members are: Algeciras, Arzew, Barcelona, Bastia, Bejaia, Beirut, Civitavecchia, Damietta, Luka  Koper, Malta Freeport, Marseilles Fos, the Office of the Merchant Navy  and ports that brings together the Tunisian ports, ports de l’Estado,  Skikda, Tangier Med, Serport (which groups the Algerian  ports), Tarragona, Toulon, Valencia and Venice. These will in the coming  weeks be joined by the Moroccan National Port Agency, Alexandria,  Durres and Thessaloniki. MEDPorts members collectively account for  the handling of 70% of the total tonnage passing through the  Mediterranean and more than 50% of the container traffic. Various committees have been set up to make the work of the Association more effective. Malta Freeport Corporation has been appointed to chair the Executive Committee responsible for Statistics and Market Analysis and also sits on the Sustainability Committee.

For more information please visit https://medports.org/