Panama Maritime Authority issued MMC-404 which has measures adopted to enhance the performance of the Panamanian Merchant Fleet – Pre-arrival checklist for ports under the Port State Control (PSC) supervision of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Paris MoU, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and People’s Republic of China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA).
This MMC unifies MMC-381, MMC-393, MMC-398, and MMC-402.
Considering that more than a year has passed since the implementation of measures to strengthen the performance of the Panamanian Merchant Marine Fleet, this General Directorate deems it appropriate to make adjustments that allow for monitoring in line with international guidelines and conventions, and international maritime jurisdiction, with a view to obtaining the best performance from Panamanian-registered vessels before the Competent Authorities in charge of supervision by the Port State Control.
For this reason, this Pre-arrival checklist has drawn up (see ANNEX), for ports under the Port State Control (PSC) supervision of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Paris MoU, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and People’s Republic of China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA), are prepared to assist Ship-Owners,
The Pre-arrival checklist must be sent one hundred and twenty hours (120hrs) before the vessel arrives to ports under the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Paris MoU, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and People’s Republic of China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA), to the following email address: prearrival@amp.gob.pa. For voyages with lasts less than 96 hours (96hrs), the Pre-arrival checklist must be sent at least twenty-four hours (24hrs) before arrival at port.
The use of this Pre-arrival checklist is compulsory for all the Panamanian vessels and shall be signed by the vessel Masters and/or company Designated Persons Ashore (DPA). The omission of this requirement may lead to administrative sanctions for to the vessel Master, and/or Chief Engineer and/or to the vessel company as well.
The checklist and more details can be seen in the MMC