During the pandemic, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has enabled more than 4,500 people (between passengers and crew) of various nationalities to return to their homes safely, in addition to having some 271 crew members able to embark.
This effort has been possible through the use of guidelines found in the Diagram of the modalities for the repatriation, disembarkation and embarkation of crew members, which includes seven different modalities.
The most recent repatriation took place using modality No. 1 that corresponds to charter flights, making it possible that some twenty crew members of various nationalities who were in national waters on ships of Maersk, could return to their homes.
The first group, made up of thirteen crew members of the San Parsley ship, managed to be repatriated thanks to a humanitarian flight, on Sunday, July 12, 2020.
The second group, made up of seven crew members of the Rhine Maersk ship, managed to return to their homes also by means of a humanitarian flight, yesterday, July 16, 2020.
It is important to highlight the existing collaboration between the AMP and the Maersk company, in addition, these operations were carried out at all times, under strict biosecurity protocols established by the MINSA, once the landing of these valuable seafarers took place, these were transferred to the international airport in order to board a plane from the same shipping line, which would take them to Amsterdam and Copenhagen, from where they would make connections to their countries of origin
stated the Director of the General Directorate of Ports and Auxiliary Maritime Industries (DGPIMA), Flor Pitty who, in the company of the AMP General Secretary, Elvia Bustavino supervised these tasks.