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| Founded | 1988 |
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| Headquarters | Marsa, Malta |
Area served | Malta Channel Adriatic Sea |
| Services | Passenger and vehicle transportation |
| Owner | Virtu Holdings |
| Subsidiaries | Venezia Lines |
| Website | www.virtuferries.com/ |
Virtu Ferries is a Maltese company founded in 1988 that operates ferry services from Malta to Sicily by catamaran. The company is part of the Virtu Holdings.[1] It has a subsidiary Venezia Lines which runs seasonal services from Venice. It carries over 250,000 passengers and 25,000 vehicles annually. In 2010 the MV Jean de La Valette replaced the Maria Dolores as the flagship, and it carries about 800 passengers and 200 vehicles. It operates the Valletta - Pozzallo route across the Malta Channel, almost daily all-year round. Virtu Ferries currently operates exclusively catamarans. All vessels fly the Maltese flag.
- ^ "Virtu Ferries Limited – Virtu Holdings". Virtu Holdings. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.