Two years after being hit by the coronavirus pandemic, sustainable sectors could be the solution for the recovery of Mediterranean countries, but the mission is not easy to carry out. For this reason, the private sector needs to work with all the...
Over the past decade, Malta’s population has grown by over 20 per cent, to now total 516,000. Moreover, there have been changes to Malta’s demographic profile as well as a shift in where people work and live. New technologies and new transport services...
Green growth fosters a multi-disciplinary platform
Transport Malta and Infrastructure Malta projects help climate change targets
For Malta to decarbonize, we need to change how we do transport.
As part of its commitment to keep safety as a top priority, Fundación Mapfre, in collaboration with Malta Public Transport, the Ministry for Education, and the Malta Road Safety Council, has launched the Street Smart 7 safety campaign. This initiative...
Transitioning to a lower carbon future through electrification of industrial processes, spaces, and fleets is no easy task. This is indeed aligned with the national vision towards achieving decarbonization by 2050. Malta is bound to reduce GHG...
Andrew Aquilina Grants for the purchase of EVs have been available for the past four years, with the majority of grants being over-subscribed within a few months from them being launched. Grants for the purchase of EVs increase from one budget to...
See Malta and Gozo in a different way iSeeMalta This year saw the introduction of the iSeeMalta concept, providing visitors with the flexibility to manage their holiday schedule and navigate through the islands’ must-see sites. The iSeeMalta concept...
In August of this year, The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry and the Foundation for Transport signed a memorandum of understanding to promote sustainable mobility. As transport accounts for nearly 20 per cent of Malta’s carbon...
The COP26 conference in Glasgow has brought a renewed sense of urgency as nations from all corners of the globe, or most of it, grapple to address the biggest challenge of our lifetime, climate change. There is finally hope that after years of inertia...
Our seas and oceans form over 70 per cent of the planet’s surface and sustain 80 per cent of all life forms on the planet. The earth’s largest ecosystem is the primary source of proteins for more than three billion people, acts as the planet’s largest...
This year will be remembered as the year for the largest ever package of transport financial grants awarded through Transport Malta. It is evident that road transport is the major contributor to air pollution, specifically the emission of air...
Britain braced for an Arctic freeze Sunday in the aftermath of a powerful storm that left three people dead and thousands in Scotland facing days without power. "Storm Arwen" brought wind gusts of almost 160 kilometres per hour late Friday, before...
Decarbonisation, simply put is the term used for the removal or reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) output into the atmosphere and is achieved by switching to usage of low carbon energy sources. In the process of our daily mobility needs, when we use...
Gozo is synonymous with mobility and accessibility. At present its only means of accessibility is through sea transport with the regular ferry and the fast ferry services working endlessly to transport people and cars between the two islands. The fast...
Electric vehicles have been around since the late 1800s following the development of rechargeable batteries in the middle of the same century. At the time, the world’s greatest minds were inspired to move people around without the cumbersome, heavy...
The past year has been really challenging for all of us. As we battled the COVID-19 pandemic, we faced unprecedented challenges that affected the way we run our businesses. It also brought havoc to our business plans and we had to re-align our...
As Malta continues to define its path towards economic regeneration, over the past few months’ authorities have introduced several plans, supported with both native and international investment, to attract new economic niches. Drone innovation is one...
Core Platform is a registered voluntary organisation that promotes corporate sustainability in Malta. This organization is under the patronage of the President of Malta. It is primarily made up of the business institutions in the country, namely the...
November has seen the conglomeration of more than 200 world leaders in Scotland for the COP26, the United Nations summit about climate change. The COP26 was preceded by the United Nations’ report on climate change which stated in no unclear terms that...
The Maltese government has a clear vision for Malta’s endpoint destination with regards to holistic sustainability. Its position is one which is firm. This is a pro-environment government leading with a driving force to make Malta a climate leader. The...
Electric vehicles (EV) are easier to live with and are cheaper to run than conventional vehicles. EVs are less likely to require repairs, and owners save thousands of euros in fuel and garage services due to the high-efficiency electric power train,...
Over the years the aviation sector in Malta has grown considerably. The ever-increasing interconnectivity, a thriving tourism sector, together with extensive investment on the part of the national stakeholders in both physical facilities as well as...
Rewind back to 2013 and try to have a chat with someone about electric cars. The chances were that you would end up talking to yourself. Way back in October of that year, I was offered the opportunity to spend a few months driving an electric car.
Without doubt, the calendar year 2020 and the year 2021 to date, are among the most challenging years in the history of MCAST. This is more evident, in the vocational departments such as the Automotive department, where practical sessions are an...
French fishermen will on Friday block ferry traffic into three Channel ports and the movement of goods through the tunnel between France and the UK in protest over post-Brexit fishing rights, a union said. Describing the action as a "warning shot",...
Ryanair has announced new summer 2022 routes linking Malta to Bordeaux and Shannon. It said it will fly over 60 routes in what will be its largest ever Maltese network, reinforcing its commitment to the country. The airline is adding 560 new routes...
Virtu Ferries has announced a robust schedule and special fares for Easter and summer 2022. The company will be operating two vessels, M/V Saint John Paul II and M/V Jean de la Valette, on the Malta-Sicily route in Easter and summer 2022. The scheduled...
29 per cent of the UK train fleet still runs on diesel
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