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11/5/2018 Source: SEGUMAR - The purpose of this Marine Circular is to provide ship-owners, ship operators, Masters and officers of Panama flagged vessels with guidance on the proper maintenance and keeping of the current Panama official Oil Record Book, now named Oil Record Book and Emissions according to MARPOL 73/78 as amended for vessels (Revised Edition 2017); as required by MARPOL Ann

The Guiness Book of World Records has recognized Panama as the largest shipping registry, consisting of 8,052 ships registered under the Panamanian flag, and administered by the Maritime Authority of Panama. This is a huge achievement, and we wanted to say congratulations and make it known how amazing this accomplishment is! Keep up the great work!

Panama Maritime Authority has authorized Dromon Bureau of Shipping (DBS) as a Classification Society, Recognized Organization (RO) and Recognized Security Organization (RSO) to perform class and statutory certification

Service-oriented open registers are increasingly dominating the world fleet, but national flags are fighting back by copying the business model, writes Adam Corbett

Source: Hellenic Shipping News

A recent series of articles in the New York Times (including 2 front page above the fold!) which criticizes the organizations for lax enforcement of the "genuine link" requirement in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It may just irritate them enough to take another look at strengthening the requirement.

Last month, the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Register (LISCR) became the first major ship registry to ratify the 2007 Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention (WRC), which is set to go into effect on April 14^th, 2015.  Liberia is one of eight flag states that have ratified the convention.  Other flag states, including Panama, have announced their intention to ratify th

Last week, the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) approved Seagull Maritime Security’s security program for its employees, granting them approval for offering a suite of computer-based, on-board training programs to ships operating under Panama’s flag.  The PMA performed rigorous due diligence on Seagull Maritime’s training process before waving the green flag.

Newly appointed Head of the Panamanian Ship Registry Fernando Solórzano recently spoke with Seatrade Global about his new position,