Seafarer welfare: MtS, Panama sign MoU

International seafarer welfare charity, The Mission to Seafarers (MtS), has signed an agreement with the Panama…

Trade sanctions: Panama loses WTO claim against Colombia

A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel on Friday rejected Panama’s claim for $210 million annual sanctions…

Panama revokes registration of last migrant rescue ship

The Panama Maritime Authority has revoked the registration of search and rescue ship Aquarius 2 in…

China, Panama to sign MoU on maritime cooperation

Panama’s Minister of Maritime Affairs Jorge Barakat held a meeting with China’s Minister of Transport Li…

Panama seizes 208 drug packages on Liberia-flagged containership

A total of 208 packages containing drugs were seized by authorities from a containership’s ventilation system…

Panama to revoke registration of ships linked to North Korea 

The Panama Maritime Authority has initiated a process of canceling the registration of the ships under…

EU blacklists UAE, Panama, 15 other tax haven countries

By Jite Eriabie   European Union Finance Ministers have adopted the first ever list of tax havens,…

Panama celebrates World Maritime Day with IMO parallel event

By Jite Eriabie  Panama on Monday hosted the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) World Maritime Day Parallel…

Environmental regulation in focus from IMO scribe opens Panama maritime conference

On Sunday IMO secretary general Kitack Lim inaugurated the Panama Maritime XIII World Conference and Exhibition,…

Singapore detains Panama-flagged ship 

The 1995-built Hong Harvest has been arrested in Singapore waters, according to data provided by the…

Panama-flagged ship banned from Paris MoU region

A roll-on-roll-off (RoRo) vessel named City of Tokyo will be refused access to any port and…

Panama to host World Maritime Day in 2017

Panama will celebrate next year the centennial of its Ship Registry and from 1 – 3…