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The flag ship MV Saint John Paul II will operate from Valletta to Pozzallo while the Jean De La Valette will operate from Valletta to Augusta and/or Catania. [34] The vessel restarted the Valletta - Pozzallo route on 6 April 2021 with a morning trip leaving Malta at 5:00 am. [35]
Virtu Ferries is a Maltese company founded in 1988 that operates ferry services from Malta to Sicily by catamaran. The company is part of the Virtu Holdings. [1] It has a subsidiary Venezia Lines which runs seasonal services from Venice. It carries over 250,000 passengers and 25,000 vehicles annually.
MV or HSC [a] Maria Dolores is a high-speed catamaran ferry owned by Virtu Ferries. It was built by Austal in 2005–06, entering service as a ferry between Malta and Sicily in March 2006. The vessel soon became too small to allow for the increasing passenger and cargo traffic on this route, and in October 2010 it was replaced by the larger ...
MV or HSC [a] Saint John Paul II is a high-speed catamaran ferry owned and operated by Virtu Ferries. Built by Incat in 2017–18, the vessel entered service as a ferry between Malta and Sicily in March 2019. It is the largest vessel of its kind in the Mediterranean Sea, and the second largest in the world.
From Marsamxett (Valletta) to Sliema, From Ta' Liesse (Valletta) to Cottonera, From Ta' Liesse (Valletta) to Mġarr, Gozo (Gozo Highspeed, formerly "Gozo Fast Ferry"). More ferries are planned to be introduced starting in Summer 2025. [31] [32] There is also a ferry terminal at the Grand Harbour that connects Malta to Pozzallo and Catania in ...
The Grand Harbour (or Port il-Kbir), located at the eastern side of the capital city of Valletta, has been a harbour since Roman times. It has several extensive docks and wharves, as well as a cruise liner terminal. A terminal at the Grand Harbour serves ferries that connect Malta to Pozzallo & Catania in Sicily.
In 2010, Marine Atlantic announced that the Canadian government was planning to invest around $900 million in the ferry operations. Two ferries, the MV Caribou and the MV Joseph and Clara Smallwood, were replaced by newer ships initially chartered from Stena Line. On land, all three terminals at Marine Atlantic's ports received extensive ...
In 2002 and 2003 the new, large cruise ferries La Superba and La Suprema entered service. Lines for Tunisia , as well a new Civitavecchia -Palermo line, were opened. In 2008 the fleet was enlarged with three ro-ro cargo ships, Audacia , Tenacia , and Coraggio , and a new Genoa-Barcelona- Tangier line was opened.