Malta Drydocks (MDD)
is a ship repair, ship building and
heavy engineering concern and has been one of Europe's
principal ship repairers since 1959.
It is located right on main Mediterranean sea trade routes,
such that ships must change course in order to avoid Malta.
With a turnover of approximately US$ 100,000,000, every
year, Malta Drydocks repairs some 200 ships from 32 different
countries each year.
Ships which regularly make use of Malta Drydocks
vary in size and type from VLCCs to tug boats, research
vessels to bulk carriers, and from drilling rigs to 5 star cruise-liners.