Refers to: Ship Owners / Managers/ Operators, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives

Action Date: Immediate

Member Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control has announced the forthcoming joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety.

This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from 1 September 2023 and ending 30 November 2023. The campaign will examine specific areas related to fire safety in conjunction with the regular Port State Control inspection.

Since Fire Safety was the category with the highest detainable ratio for 2022, any ship with deficiencies under this category may be considered for detention. Thus, during this period, PHRS will undertake similar examinations on all surveys/audits to be held onboard of PHRS certified ships. Attached you can find the relevant Checklist of CIC on Fire Safety.

Furthermore, ship-owners and operators are urged to take all necessary actions to be prepared for the forthcoming PSC CIC.

The press release of Paris MoU can be found here in full detail.

August 10th 2023 - PHRS Head Office

We would like to inform you that our Organization will remain closed on Tuesday the 15th of August due to Public Holiday.

We will resume normal operations on Wednesday the 16th of August.

For any urgent matter that might occur, you can always contact our office through the usual telephone numbers and e-mails, as our correspondence is regularly being monitored from our emergency staff.

August 11th, 2023 - PHRS Head Office

We would like to inform you that our Organization will remain closed on Monday the 27th of February due to public holiday.

We will resume our normal operations on Tuesday the 28th of February.

For any urgent matter that might occur, you can always contact our office through the usual telephone numbers and

e-mails, as our correspondence is regularly being monitored from our emergency staff.

February 23rd, 2023 - PHRS Head Office

Refers to: Ship-owners/Operators, DPAs and Legal Representatives of Panama Flagged Vessels trading to Paris MoU ports

Action Date: Immediate

PMA has issued Merchant Marine Circular MMC-398with additional assessment requirements aiming to decrease the detention numbers of vessels calling in PARIS MOU ports that may be subject to Port State Control (PSC) inspections.

In the frames of the Administration’ efforts to decrease the PSC detention numbers of vessels calling in PARIS MOU ports that may be subject to Port State Control (PSC) inspections thus aiming to improve the performance of Panama flagged vessels and avoid PSC detentions, the Administration imposes the mandatory implementation of the Pre-arrival checklist for Panama flagged vessels. This checklist has drawn up to assist Ship-Owners, operators, technical managers, Designated Persons Ashore (DPA) and vessel Master´s to find weak items that can results as a ground for detention through Port State Control Inspections by Paris MoU.

The checklist must be sent ninety-six hours (96hrs) prior vessel’s arrival to Paris MoU ports, to the following email address: psc@amp.gob.pa. For voyages that last less than 96 hours (96hrs), the checklist must be sent at least twenty-four hours (24hrs) before arrival at port.

The use of this checklist is compulsory for all the Panamanian vessels prior to calling Paris MoU, 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’s Master, and/or Chief Engineer and/or to the vessel’s company as well.

If extraordinary issues arise, such as equipment failures or any others situations that cannot be resolved on board of the vessel immediately; Ship-Owners, operators, technical managers, DPA or vessel´s Master, shall immediately coordinate the effective corrective actions, together with PHRS and Segumar Offices.

Do not hesitate to contact us for more information you may need on the above.

July 21^st, 2023 - PHRS Head Office