Sea Malta

Established on 10 November 1973 during the tenure of the Labour Government led by Dominic Mintoff, which had the majority of the shares in the new company.

The company continued to evolve and even invested in oil bunkering, insurance and shipping agency services.

In 1980 the Rabat was sold and in 1990 this ship met disaster as it sank near the English Channel with the loss of all her crew.

By the mid-nineties, however, Sea Malta had only two ships, Zebbug and Pinto as the company sold off the Dwejra II in 1987 and the Qormi in 1987.

Since 2003, bad weather accumulated over the company as the Nationalist Government stated that it was making losses and thus being costly to the tax payers, albeit Sea Malta never took any subsidy.

The ship Zebbug was sold to Fergun Lines and renamed Fehim Bey, still operating to Malta.