Malte : comment ouvrir une location de paddle, kayak, jet-ski ou bateau
Malte : vous pensez louer des paddles, des kayaks, des jet-skis ou des bateaux ? Voici ce que nous avons trouvé – 17 points, chacun relié au texte dont il provient et vérifié le 17 octobre 2026 – ainsi que ce que nous n’avons pas encore pu confirmer et qui décide (6 organismes officiels).
Immatriculer l’entreprise
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Companies are registered with the Malta Business Registry (MBR), the central authority for commercial entities, through its online portal (BRO).
Texte original
“the Malta Business Registry (MBR) is the central authority for all commercial entities in Malta”
Autorisations pour louer des embarcations
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Anyone who hires out small ships needs a licence from Transport Malta (the Authority), whether the craft are motorised or not and whether the hirer drives or not. The same applies to running a boat-driving school, a water-ski school or water-ski facilities. The applicant must be 18. The licence lists the registration number of every craft covered and must be displayed at the office.
Texte original
“No person shall run or operate a mechanically driven small ships’ school or a water skiing school, or provide water skiing facilities, or hire any small ships, whether mechanically driven or not, to be driven by the hirer or otherwise, unless he is in possession of a licence for that purpose by the Authority.”
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A craft may only be hired out if its registration number is entered on the hire licence. Customers may only hire from a licensed operator.
Texte original
“No person shall hire or rent to any other person any small ship for any purpose whatsoever unless the registration number of such small ship is entered on the hirer’s licence.”
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Transport Malta may suspend, cancel or revoke any licence at any time without giving reasons, and may bar any craft it considers unseaworthy. Licensees must follow its directives on the safety of skiers and craft, collision avoidance and general control of navigation.
Texte original
“The Authority may at any time without assigning any reason therefor, suspend, cancel or revoke any licence granted or renewed by it under these regulations.”
Utiliser la plage, le rivage ou le quai
Rien de confirmé par un texte officiel pour l’instant – voir « Pas encore confirmé » ci-dessous.
Vos obligations de loueur
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Safety equipment: a small ship cannot be registered unless it carries the safety equipment Transport Malta requires; see VesselSOS Kit Finder (/kit-finder/).
Texte original
“No small ship shall be registered unless the small ship is equipped with such safety equipment as may be required by the Authority from time to time.”
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Briefing: licensed operators must give boating safety instructions to everyone hiring a motorised craft without a valid nautical licence. Before the rental, every hirer must receive in print the craft's operating characteristics, the local boating rules for the rental area, and on-water courtesy and environmental effects.
Texte original
“All licensed operators must administer boating safety instructions in compliance with existing regulations to all persons hiring mechanically driven small ships who do not have a valid nautical licence. (4) In addition, the licensee must supply to any person hiring a small ship in print, prior to rental: (a) the operational characteristics of the hired small ship, especially of a mechanically driven small ship; (b) the boating regulations peculiar to the area of rental; and (c) the common courtesies of operating a small ship”
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Hire register: keep, for every motorised craft hired, the date and times of departure and arrival, and the name and nautical licence number of the driver, or of the hirer if they drive.
Texte original
“Any person who holds a licence under regulation 32 shall keep a register showing the following information: (a) the date, and the time of departure and of arrival, of any mechanically driven small ship hired from him; and (b) the name and the nautical licence number, where applicable, of the driver”
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Speed limit: 10 knots inside harbours, within 300 m of any sandy beach and within 200 m of any other foreshore. Include this in jet ski and motorboat briefings.
Texte original
“No person shall cause, suffer or permit any mechanically driven small ship to proceed at a speed in excess of ten knots - (a) inside any harbour; or (b) in any place within 300 metres of the foreshore of any sandy beach; or (c) in any place within 200 metres of any other part of the foreshore”
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Instructors teaching motorboat driving or water skiing need an instructor's nautical licence (minimum age 18).
Texte original
“No person may act as an instructor in the driving of a mechanically driven small ship or in water skiing unless he is in possession of an instructor’s nautical licence issued by the Authority.”
Âge et permis des clients
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Motorised craft, including jet skis, may not be hired to or operated by anyone under 18.
Texte original
“Any person licensed to hire small ships in terms of regulation 32 may not lease, hire or rent a mechanically driven small ship to, or for operation by, any person under eighteen years of age.”
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Driving a motorised small ship normally requires a Transport Malta nautical licence (18+) and third-party insurance. The regulation also allows driving 'under the specific conditions laid down in regulation 36', i.e. hire from a licensed operator with a safety briefing, which is how licence-free rental to tourists works.
Texte original
“No person shall drive any mechanically driven small ship, or tow any person for the purpose of water skiing, in the internal and territorial waters of Malta unless he is in possession of a nautical licence issued by the Authority, and is covered by a policy of insurance … or under the specific conditions laid down in regulation 36.”
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The nautical licence is only issued to applicants aged 18 or over who are competent to drive a motorised small ship.
Texte original
“The Authority shall not issue a nautical licence unless the applicant is eighteen years old and is competent to drive a mechanically driven small ship.”
Assurance
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Third-party insurance is compulsory for motorised small ships. A craft cannot be registered without a policy approved by Transport Malta, and nobody may use or let others use a motorised craft unless the user is covered.
Texte original
“it shall not be lawful for any person to use or to cause or allow any other person to use a mechanically driven small ship unless there is in force in relation to the user of the mechanically driven small ship by that person or that other person, as the case may be, such a policy of insurance in respect of third party-risks as complies with the requirements of regulation 5.”
Immatriculer et marquer les engins
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Every small ship (under 24 m: jet skis, dinghies, paddleboats, canoes and other craft, private or commercial) used in Maltese waters must be registered with Transport Malta, unless it is registered elsewhere as the regulation allows.
Texte original
“No small ship shall be used in the internal and territorial waters of Malta unless such small ship is registered with the Authority under these regulations”
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The exemption for canoes and engineless open sailing dinghies up to 5.2 m covers personal, non-commercial use only. Rental kayaks and canoes must therefore be registered.
Texte original
“The following small ships, which are for personal use only and not used in a commercial manner, are exempted from registration under this regulation: (a) canoes; and (b) open sailing dinghies, without engines, not exceeding 5.2 metres in length overall.”
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Registration marks on hire craft are painted white on a black background; private craft use black on white.
Texte original
“small ships owned by private individuals shall have their letters and numbers painted in black on a white background, whereas those used for hire shall be painted in white on a black background.”
Eaux intérieures et mer
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The Small Ships Regulations cover the internal and territorial waters of Malta. A small ship is a craft under 24 m used solely within Maltese territorial waters.
Texte original
“"small ship" means a craft under twenty-four metres in length employed solely in the navigation within the territorial waters of Malta, whether mechanically driven or not, and whether privately or commercially used”
Saison
Rien de confirmé par un texte officiel pour l’instant – voir « Pas encore confirmé » ci-dessous.
Pas encore confirmé
Ce que la recherche n’a pas pu confirmer par un texte officiel. Renseignez-vous avant de vous y fier.
- Introuvable
Beach/foreshore concessions for rental stands (Lands Authority concessions, local councils, MTA beach management) and jet ski launching lanes
À vérifier auprès de : Lands Authority (government land and foreshore)
- Introuvable
Whether the Malta Tourism Authority licenses watersports centres separately (Malta Travel and Tourism Services Act, Cap. 409)
À vérifier auprès de : Malta Tourism Authority
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Swimmers' zones and their seasonal dates (Transport Malta local notices); season not sourced
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The current hire-licence fees and application form (transport.gov.mt blocks automated fetching)
À vérifier auprès de : Transport Malta – Ports & Yachting Directorate (small ship registration, nautical and hire licences)
- Introuvable
Sole-trader / self-employed registration (Jobsplus, Commissioner for Revenue)
Organismes officiels
Qui décide. Renseignez-vous auprès d’eux avant d’ouvrir – règles et redevances peuvent changer à chaque saison.
- Transport Malta – Ports & Yachting Directorate (small ship registration, nautical and hire licences)transport.gov.mt ↗
- Legislation Malta – S.L. 499.52 Small Ships Regulationslegislation.mt ↗
- Malta Business Registry (MBR)mbr.mt ↗
- Lands Authority (government land and foreshore)landsauthority.org.mt ↗
- Malta Tourism Authoritymta.com.mt ↗
- Armed Forces of Malta – RCC Maltaafm.gov.mt ↗
Réponses rapides
Malte : faut-il une autorisation pour louer des paddles, des kayaks, des jet-skis ou des bateaux ?
Anyone who hires out small ships needs a licence from Transport Malta (the Authority), whether the craft are motorised or not and whether the hirer drives or not. The same applies to running a boat-driving school, a water-ski school or water-ski facilities. The applicant must be 18. The licence lists the registration number of every craft covered and must be displayed at the office. Source : legislation.mt, vérifié le 17 octobre 2026.
Malte : y a-t-il des règles particulières pour la location de jet-skis ?
Motorised craft, including jet skis, may not be hired to or operated by anyone under 18. Source : legislation.mt, vérifié le 17 octobre 2026.
Malte : comment immatriculer une entreprise de location nautique ?
Companies are registered with the Malta Business Registry (MBR), the central authority for commercial entities, through its online portal (BRO). Source : mbr.mt, vérifié le 17 octobre 2026.
Malte : l’assurance est-elle obligatoire pour une location nautique ?
Third-party insurance is compulsory for motorised small ships. A craft cannot be registered without a policy approved by Transport Malta, and nobody may use or let others use a motorised craft unless the user is covered. Source : legislation.mt, vérifié le 17 octobre 2026.
Malte : les engins de location doivent-ils être immatriculés ?
Every small ship (under 24 m: jet skis, dinghies, paddleboats, canoes and other craft, private or commercial) used in Maltese waters must be registered with Transport Malta, unless it is registered elsewhere as the regulation allows. Source : legislation.mt, vérifié le 17 octobre 2026.
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