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It-trasport bil-baħar bejn Malta u Għawdex
Bejn April u Ġunju 2024, saru total ta’ 11,320 vjaġġ, li ġarrew total ta’ 1,790,208 passiġġieri (Tabella nru 1). Mejju kien l-aktar xahar impenjattiv meta fih saru total ta’ 3,970 vjaġġ jew 35.1 fil-mija tal-vjaġġi kollha fʼdan il-perjodu (Tabelli nri 3 u 7).
It-trasport bil-baħar bejn l-Imġarr u ċ-Ċirkewwa
Total ta’ 1,537,248 passiġġier ivvjaġġaw bejn l-Imġarr u ċ-Ċirkewwa fit-tieni kwart tal-2024, tnaqqis ta’ 0.3 fil-mija meta mqabbel mal-istess tliet xhur tal-2023. L-ogħla numru ta’ passiġġieri kien irreġistrat f’Mejju — 524,731 jew 34.1 fil-mija tat-total għat-trimestru. Meta mqabbel mal-istess kwart tas-sena ta’ qabel, l-għadd ta’ vetturi żdied bʼ1.9 fil-mija għal total ta’ 527,931 (Tabelli nri 2 u 3).
Fit-tieni kwart tas-sena, l-għadd ta’ vjaġġi laħaq it-8,963, li hija żieda taʼ 0.7 fil-mija fuq l-istess żmien fl-2023 (Tabella nru 2). FʼMejju kien irreġistrat l-ogħla numru ta’ vjaġġi — 3,011 jew 33.6 fil-mija tal-vjaġġi totali għat-trimestru (Tabella nru 3).
Bejn Jannar u Ġunju 2024, il-jiem tal-Ġimgħa u s-Sibt kellhom l-aktar traffiku taʼ passiġġieri u vetturi li oriġinaw miċ-Ċirkewwa. Min-naħa l-oħra, fil-Ħdud u s-Sibtijiet kien hemm l-aktar traffiku taʼ passiġġieri li oriġinaw mit-terminal tal-Imġarr, filwaqt li t-traffiku tal-vetturi mill-istess naħa kien l-ogħla fil-Ħdud u t-Tnejnijiet. (Ċarts nri 4 u 5).
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It-trasport bil-baħar bejn l-Imġarr u l-Belt Valletta
Matul it-tieni kwart tal-2024, saru total ta’ 2,357 vjaġġ li ġarrew total ta’ 252,960 passiġġier (Tabella nru 6). Meta mqabbel mal-istess żmien fl-2023, l-għadd ta’ vjaġġi żdied bʼ4.6 fil-mija, filwaqt li n-numru ta’ passiġġieri żdied bi 38.4 fil-mija. Ix-xahar taʼ Mejju rreġistra kemm l-ogħla numru ta’ vjaġġi — 959 jew 40.7 fil-mija, kif ukoll l-ogħla numru ta’ passiġġieri — 103,279 jew 40.8 fil-mija — għat-tieni kwart tas-sena (Tabella nru 7).
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1. The source of the data included in this release is administrative information provided by the Gozo Channel Co. Ltd and Transport Malta.
2. The fast ferry service operating between Mġarr and Valletta commenced on 1 June 2021.
3. The table below illustrates the vehicle and passenger capacity of each Gozo Channel vessel:
Vessel | Vehicles | Passengers |
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MV Gaudos | 72 | 900 |
MV Malita | 138 | 900 |
MV Ta' Pinu | 138 | 900 |
MV Nikolaos | 160 | 650 (Summer)/ 350 (Winter) |
Periods when vessels were out of service for docking purposes:
MV Gaudos: 08/11/2023-30/11/2023.
MV Malita: 06/01/2022-10/02/2022 and 09/01/2024-30/01/2024.
MV Ta’ Pinu: 09/01/2023-02/02/2023 and 27/02/2023-02/03/2023.
MV Nikolaos was put temporarily out of service between 25/04/2022-29/05/2022, 18/04/2023-26/04/2023 and 15/02/2024-25/03/2024.
4. The table below illustrates the passenger capacity of each fast ferry service vessel:
Vessel | Passengers |
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Your Wisdom (Gozo Fast Ferry Ltd) | 296 |
Your Faith (Gozo Fast Ferry Ltd) | 296 |
Gozo Express (Virtu Ferries Ltd)* | 308 |
San Franġisk (Virtu Ferries Ltd) | 316 |
*The fast ferry service vessel, Gozo Express (Virtu Ferries Ltd) replaced San Pawl (Virtu Ferries Ltd) on 17/05/2022.
5. Data for passengers travelling between Mġarr and Ċirkewwa comprises foot and vehicle passengers and vehicle drivers. The fast ferry service does not allow for the transport of vehicles thus, only foot passengers are included.
6. Different approaches to data collection are being applied at the Mġarr and Ċirkewwa harbours with regards to the Gozo Channel service. Data source for the Mġarr side includes Automated Ticketing System (ATS), while data for the Ċirkewwa side is dependent on the manual clicking system.
7. The data is not normally subject to revision.
8. More information relating to this news release is available in the Sources and Methods.
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