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The Panama Maritime Authority considers the international compliance of the Panama-flagged fleet of utmost importance and to enforce it, the Authority looks at the age of vessels, detention, and safety inspection history, together with statutory and classification inspection and certification history. The Panamanian fleet is inspected on average 14,000 times per year, which represents a […]

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) and Panama’s main maritime associations concluded the meetings for the revision of the General Merchant Marine Law, law 57 of August 6, 2008.   A total of 188 articles were reviewed; 70 were modified; 10 were eliminated and more than 12 new articles were proposed, and all of them were […]

The Panama Ship Registry administered by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), for the first time, has become eligible for “Qualship 21 Program”, which has been in existence for more than twenty years. This represents a milestone for the Panama Ship Registry and demonstrates the institution´s effort and its human resources in changing working methods and […]

  The Panama Maritime Authority’s General Directorate of Merchant Marine that oversees the Ship Registry changed its certification body as part of the improvements to the quality management system and update of its business model, based on a process approach and strengthening aspects such as customer satisfaction, risk analysis and production indicators or KPIs, with […]

  The revision of Law 57 of 6 August 2008 General Merchant Marine, one of the pillar projects of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) current administration, is progressing steadily through a working group composed of various stakeholders in the maritime sector and facilitated by the University of Panama’s Inter-American School of Social Dialogue and Tripartism […]

    The Panama Ship Registry continues its leadership position worldwide, ranking first among the 10 most important merchant fleets by flag registry and gross tonnage, according to the latest World Fleet Monitor from the Clarksons Research database.   According to the Clarksons platform, Panama had 16% of the world’s maritime fleet at the end […]

Panama’s Ministry of the Presidency has issued Executive Decree 245 of 21 November 22, that orders immediate removal from the Panama Ship Registry of vessels for which the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP)’s Directorate General of Merchant Marine has reasonable grounds to consider they are linked to Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing activities (IUU), to comply […]

  The First Ship Registry of the World (Panama) and the shipping giant of tankers Euronav Ship Management (Hellas) Ltd., dedicated to the maritime transport and storage of crude oil, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the purpose of promoting opportunities for Panamanian seafarers aboard Euronav ships. This MoU will continue to facilitate the […]

  The Republic of Panama through the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has presented the candidature of Arsenio Dominguez for Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).   Panama joined the IMO on December 31, 1958, and became a member of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1979. With the entry into force […]

“Currently, 90% of the evidence of the actions carried out has been completed according to the results of the audit report carried out by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), for which the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) is preparing the second group of evidence for the respective delivery to the General Directorate of Mobility and […]