港口中文名：瓦莱塔
港口英文名：VALLETTA
港口代码：
港口缩写：VAL
所在国家：MALTA
经纬度：35 ° 54'0"N,14 ° 31'0"E
时差：-1:00
锚地：航路浮
泊位吃水：12
海图号：974
港口类型：Seaport
港口大小：Large

港务局信息：
港务局: Malta Maritime Authority
地址: Marina Pinto
Valletta VLT 01
Malta
电话: +356 21222203
传真: +356 21250365
邮件: info@mma.gov.mt
网址: www.mma.gov.mt/ports_valletta.htm

中文简介：
马耳他的商港。地中海航站和修造船中心。位于突尼斯海峡东南，马耳他岛东部的一个峡湾北岸，北距意大利西西里岛东南的锡拉库扎港88海里，南距利比里亚的的黎波里港194海里，东距塞得港936海里，西距直布罗陀港992海里。主港区在港市所在的FLORIANA半岛东南岸。新码头有4个水深9.75米的泊位，可停靠1.5－2.5万吨级货轮；另一个水深12米、长220米的泊位供集装箱轮用，还有两个较小的泊位用于滚装船；此外，港内还有石油、煤等燃料码头。全港计有10多个大中泊位。拥有6个大干船坞，分布港市东南的FRANCACIZI湾两岸，中国援建的6号船坞分布在西岸外端，是全港最大的船坞，能建造30万吨级船舶。港口东南10公里的马尔萨什洛克(MARSAXLOKK)是地中海集装箱转运中心，拥有50万标准箱吞吐能力的第二集装箱码头，是地中海最主要的集装箱转运中心之一。

英文简介：
The Port of Valletta (called Il-Belt for 揟he City) is the capital of Malta. Located on the northeast coast of the island, the city had a population of about 6300 in 2005. Built on a promontory of Mount Sceberras, it is in the middle of a bay, having two harbors.
Port History
The first inhabitants on the islands most likely came in prehistoric days from Sicily on rafts or simple canoes. In the Bronze Age, inhabitants created linens and fine cloths that early traders crossed the sea to get, bringing with them pottery from the Aegean. Phoenicians who eventually settled colonies there, and the islands were an important place to stop during their long east-west sea voyages.
When Carthage became the major naval power in the Mediterranean, the islands were important to north-south trade. Romans conquered Malta during the Punic Wars, and the islands enjoyed prosperity from maritime trade and local textiles. During the Byzantine period, it was a stop-over for their navy and trade. Arabs pushed the Byzantines aside and occupied the island for a time. Throughout the Middle Ages, the Port of Valletta was important to Mediterranean trade routes. Archeological finds both underwater and from the land attest to the islands?frequent use.
The Port of Valletta was named for Jean Parisot de la Valetta, head of the Hospitalers (or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem), who stopped advancing Ottomans in the 1565 Great Siege of Malta. The Order ruled for over two centuries until Napoleon came in 1798. When the Maltese revolted, the British seized it in 1800, and the Port of Valletta became a British military and naval base. Subject to heavy bombing in World War II, the Italian fleet surrendered to the Allies in 1943 in the Port of Valletta.
Thanks to the Hospitalers, the Port of Valletta is home to many medieval buildings that survive today. St. John's Co-Cathedral was a church for the Hospitaler order. Built between 1573 and 1578, it was designed by Maltese architect Gerolamo Cassar. Cassar also designed several buildings that are now government offices: the Palace of the Grand Masters, the Aragon Auberge, the Provence Auberge, and the Castile and Leon Auberge. (Auberges were lodges built for different nationalities of the Hospitalers.) In 1980, UNESCO designated the Port of Valletta a World Heritage Site. The Port of Valletta does not have much industry, but it is an important trade and tourism center.
Port Commerce
The Malta Maritime Authority manages this all-weather port. Established in 1991 and vested with regulatory powers, it markets Malta as a world-class maritime center, manages financial operations, facilitates foreign trade, provides services to port operations and yachting centers, and assures port practices are consistent with the European Union.
The multi-purpose port, with an average draft of 12 meters, has 3.5 kilometers of quays that can handle cargo of all kinds. Its deep-water quay, 488 meters long, handles conventional cargo and roll-on/roll-off cargo. The Fuel Wharf has cement silos and facilities for discharging edible oils. The Port of Valletta's Laboratory Wharf, 380 meters long, offers berths for container and roll-on/roll-off vessels and a new 10,000 square meter car compound.
An extension of the Laboratory Wharf, the Port of Valletta's Magazine Wharf has silo capacity of 86 thousand tons used mainly for cereals, and it can accommodate Panamax vessels. The Flagstone Wharf is a dedicated petroleum terminal with petroleum storage facilities. Roll-on/roll-off cargo imports are received at the Wine Verandah, and breakbulk imports are received at the Coal Wharf. The Pinto Wharf is dedicated to cruise and ferry vessels, and it can handle any size cruise vessel.
Cruising and Travel
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