For more than three months, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has maintained a successful coordination, along with other Panamanian entities, which has favored that all ships that arrived in Panamanian waters could carry out their various operations, with all the necessary measures. established to guarantee the development of safe services.
The Secretary General of the AMP, Elvia Bustavino, along with personnel from the entity, traveled to the Panamanian Pacific area where, among other ships, five cruise ships are anchored, which confirms the support of the Republic of Panama with the global maritime industry, as it reflects the success achieved by the technical-commercial strategy deployed during this pandemic by the AMP on behalf of seafarers and the maritime sector in general.
The Panama Maritime Authority has kept working during the Covid-19 pandemic to attract this type of passenger ships, with the purpose that, from our national waters, some of the operations could be carried out with total safety that normally carry out these vessels such as: the change of crew and the use of auxiliary maritime services, indicated a statement from the entity.
Based on the protocols established within the Instructions for Repatriations, Embarkation or Disembarkation of Crew Members during the Covid-19 pandemic period, prepared by the Republic of Panama, numerous ships have chosen territorial waters to carry out their crew changes, according to the seven different modalities collected in this instruction. Panama Ship registry - Gerli & Co.
And, the impact of these operations for the country has been extremely important, as referred to by the Secretary General of the AMP: «since all these ships are receiving services in our country offered by the Panamanian auxiliary maritime industries, which represents a great economic benefit, while demonstrating the trust that cruise lines have placed in our protocols, in our maritime services and in Panama, as a great maritime humanitarian hub
