Tag: Panama Maritime Authority

Panama Maritime Authority renewed its bilateral agreements with the United Arab Emirates and the Bahamas so as to promote the national workforce and technical cooperation ties between governments.

The Panamanian Ministry of Health (MINSA) in conjunction with the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) began the vaccination against COVID-19 to seafarers of any nationality.

Administrator Vásquez announced the Panama Canal Green Vessel Classification system, which will include a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Fee.

ClassNK has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cybersecurity with the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA).

The Panama Maritime Authority has provided its support to national and international actions aimed at the well-being of seafarers, valuing and assuming that they are “Essential Workers”.

The Master of the Panama-flagged MV Ali Bey has provided a voluntary video testimony to Human Rights at Sea, explaining the privations that he and three Syrian crew members suffer.

Panama signed the Gulf of Guinea Declaration, a document calling for further steps to be taken, through a wide range of collective efforts, to urgently end piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

All Panamanian-flagged vessels transiting or visiting Panamanian ports, prior to their arrival to the US, must conduct a Flag Annual Safety Inspection (ASI) as soon as they arrive at any port or terminal in Panama, the Maritime Authority announced.

Panama Maritime Authority has decided that is compulsory that all Panamanian flag vessels with Priority 1 in Paris MoU Inspection and Selection Scheme, that arrive at any port in Italy, to Conduct a Flag annual safety inspection (ASI) as soon as they arrive.

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) noted that the Panamanian crew members who were on the ship "NISSI COMMANDER I" returned to their homes alongside their families, with the payment of their owed wages.