PORTS AND YACHTING DIRECTORATE
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No 026 of 2024 Our Ref:
TM/PYD/22/01 Vol VI
8 April 2024
Malta International Fireworks Festival 2024
The Ports and Yachting Directorate, Transport Malta, hereby notifies mariners that firework displays will be held in the Grand Harbour between Saturday 20th April and Tuesday 30th April 2024, both days included. Barges will be moored and loaded with fireworks at Kalkara Quay in Il-Bajja tar-Rinella. Owners of vessels moored in Il-Bajja tar-Rinella are to remove their vessels and the area is to be kept clear from Wednesday 17th April 2024 at 2359 hours to Wednesday 1st May 2024 at 2359 hours. Transport Malta will accept no liabilities whatsoever for any damage caused to vessels that are left within Il-Bajja tar-Rinella during the mentioned dates and times. The sinkers that will be used to secure the pontoons, will be marked with buoys that have a light on them, at points S and T, as shown on the attached chart. The pontoons and their sinkers will be laid on each day of the displays, they will depart from Il-Bajja tarRinella on each day of the display at 1400 hours. The barges will be moored at points U, V and W, as shown on the attached chart. The barges and sinkers will depart from Il-Bajja tar-Rinella to be laid in their position on each day of the display at 1200 hours, they will then be removed immediately after the displays finish. Mariners are informed that part of the Grand Harbour, between the imaginary lines A - B, C - D, E - F, G – H and the intermediate coastline, as shown on the attached chart, will be closed to all vessels, except for authorised vessels as stated for each day. POSITION
LATITUDE (N)
LONGITUDE (E)
A B C
35° 53'.590 35° 53'.458 35° 53'.417
014° 30'.699 014° 30'.831 014° 30'.937