H. Mifsud & Sons Ltd

H. Mifsud & Sons Ltd have been entrusted general agents of Tarros International S.P.A as since 1993, our personnel are trained to deal with all types of house delivery, groupage consignment, customs clearance, as well as fowarding. Our telecommunication systems ensure prompt information concerning these transport activities.
Today Tarros International S.P.A an Italian shipping line; has portrayed a dominant role in the Mediterranean sector serving over 20 different ports.
Tarros International S.P.A operate a 'container door to door' transport activity in the Mediterranean sea, using intermodal transport techniques (ship - road - rail) offering its services to both local & foreign clients. They have a complete commercial network throughout Europe and North Africa linking all main Mediterranean ports with there own lines. They are leaders in the field, both in the local traffic and feeder services for deep sea carriers.
Tarros International S.P.A are today offering a dominant role in the handling of domestic & transshipment containers in the Med, that is why services from Italy have been intensified; Tarros Nord & Tarros Sud, the ports of loading are (La Spezia as home port, Salerno & Taranto) serving direct to Malta within a limit time.
Tarros International S.P.A does not only serve the Italian market, but also focuses on other European countries such as Spain with ports of loading from (Valencia, Barcelona direct to Malta), operating a weekly service with 4/5 days transit period. Today, Spain is also a country where exports have increased drastically over the past few years.

H. Mifsud & Sons are proud to assist on a weekly basis Emes lines in our ports, with an incredible range of ports of call, Emes Lines guarantees fast delivery of 'door to door transport, throughout its network of agencies.
E.M.E.S lines form part of a transportation company known as Arkas Group; the line's activity remains transportation of containers in the Mediterranean & the Black sea.. EMES lines is one of the youngest and largest Turkish container fleet within the Arkas Group.

EMES operation fall into two main areas, feeder transportation and liner transportation with its own containers. Feedering transportation consists of transportation cargoes to, and unloading them from, large tonnage vessels which cannot call at a Turkish Port, this takes place between exclusive Aegean and Black Sea ports and the ports of Malta, & Taranto. This service which uses Turkish flagged ships, facilities reliable container transportation movements between Turkish ports without infringing cabotage limitations.

Container shipping
Considering Malta's strategic position in the Mediterranean, and the construction of the Freeport terminal at Marsaxlokk port to the South of the island, Malta offers superb facilities for transshipment operations. H. Mifsud & Sons Ltd has geared itself in offering this service in conjunction with Malta Freeport, to many large Shipping companies who want to ship their cargo to and from this part of the world.
We have the latest technology, personnel and capacity to enlarge the circle of transshipment clients to a larger dimension. Freeport terminal is ranked as one of the top three transshipment centers in the Mediterranean. Below we list out a few factors which placed the Malta Freeport with this ranking:
- 1.2 kms of berthing space;
- 11 ship to shore cranes and necessary yard equipment;
- warehouse facilities and storage;
- oil tanking facilities including storage and oil blending;
- handling capacity (terminal 1 & 2 - 1 million Teu’s annually)

Bunkering
Considering a substantial amount of vessel in Maltese waters, with the liberalization of bunkering licenses in 1996, bunkering activity in Malta has been over 200,000 tons of fuel delivered only four years ago the 1 m tons plus delivered this year. With licenses issued to six additional local and international operators, this industry has become one of the major activities in the Maltese maritime sector.

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