Tag: Panama

After Panama decided to deregister hundreds of ships linked to Iran’s state oil company in the last four years, the latter downplayed this decision, calling it “insignificant”. 

Panama's vessel registry withdrew its flag from 136 ships linked to Iran's state oil company in the last four years, according to the country's maritime authority.

Panama’s Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) received the first LNG-powered vessel to dock at a port in the country, the dual-fuelled French-flagged CMA CGM 15,000 teu-Patagonia.

The GloFouling Partnerships project has expanded its outreach by welcoming Panama as one of its beneficiary countries from the Central and South America region. 

Three more governments have endorsed a worldwide cross-sector initiative to catalyse the supply of green fuels, as Panama, Uruguay, and Norway have now signed up to the Clean Energy Marine Hub Initiative (CEM-Hubs).

Panama decided that all Panamanian flag vessels transiting or visiting Panamanian ports prior to their arrival to any port or terminal in Paris MoU area, have to conduct a Flag Annual Safety Inspection (ASI) as soon as they arrive.

Panama, Norway, and Uruguay, expressed their support for the brand new Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative, in which Canada and the United Arab Emirates are already signatories.

Three Panama-flagged ships have been hit by missiles in the Black Sea, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. 

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.

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.