Refits in Valletta

Palumbo has a superyacht yard at the Grand Harbour. Other yards in the harbour handle ships and floating dock work.

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Yards

Palumbo in the Grand Harbour

Sources give different dock sizes, so this table shows each one with its source.

Source	Docks	Notes
Transport Malta	3 docks in French Creek. The largest handles vessels of about 330 m	Run by Palumbo Shipyards. Transport Malta calls it the major ship repair facility in the Grand Harbour
C&N Marinas	A 160 m graving dock and a 140 m covered dock in the shipyard near Grand Harbour Marina	C&N Marinas does not name the yard
Superyachts.com, 2011	Two dry docks of 160 m by 25 m and 140 m by 18 m	The 140 m dock has a retractable shed. Palumbo bought Malta Superyacht Services in 2011

Palumbo's own website gives no dock sizes for Malta, so they are from the sources shown.

Other yards

Other ship repair yards

Transport Malta lists these yards in the Grand Harbour. Check each yard for yacht work.

Mediterranean Maritime Hub (MMH Malta Ltd)170,000 m2 site with 1.2 km of quay and a 700 t travel lift. Transport Malta says it serves the marine, oil and gas industries

Bezzina Ship Repair YardFloating docks

Cassar Ship Repair YardFloating docks

Transport Malta, Port of Valletta. It gives no dock sizes for Bezzina and Cassar.

In 2026

Palumbo Upfit in Malta

Rebrand

Boat International (sponsored content, 7 September 2026) says Palumbo Superyachts Refit is now Palumbo Upfit. It lists facilities in France, Italy, Malta and Croatia.

Capacity

SuperYacht24 (2 March 2026) says the group's seven yards, including Malta, run at full capacity.

Current job

SuperYacht24 (2 March 2026) says a two year refit of the 1931 four-masted ship Sea Cloud was in its fourth month at the Malta yard.

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