Cap. 234 ст. 122BCrew’s knowledge of English. 

(1) Where in the opinion of an appropriate inspector the crew of a Maltese ship consists of or includes persons who do not understand orders given to them in the course of their duty because of their insufficient knowledge of English and the absence of adequate arrangements for transmitting the orders in a language of which they have sufficient knowledge, the appropriate inspector shall inform the master of his opinion and the ship shall not go to sea and may be detained.

(2) If a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea in contravention of this article, the the master, the owner or the bareboat charterer of the ship shall be liable to a fine (multa) of five hundred units.