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Supporting Documents

After the preliminary data about the vessel and the parties is collected (application form), the following original documents must be filed with the Consulate at the time of registration.

           Please note that all documents must be notarized. The notary's signature must, in turn, be authenticated and this process can take different forms: Panamanian Consulates all over the world are able to legalize documents signed within their jurisdiction. In the U.S., the local Department of State will confirm the authenticity of a notary's signature. Most countries will provide a similar acknowledgement known as an 'apostille'.

 

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Power of Attorney: the Shipowner must appoint a practicing Panamanian lawyer as legal representative of the vessel.  

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Corporate Resolution: If a corporation submits the registration application, the authority of its representative must be clearly established. 

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Deletion or Cancellation Certificate: (Does not apply to new vessels). Issued by the authority of the former country of registration, this document indicates that the vessel is no longer registered under their flag and that it is free from mortgages or encumbrances.  

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Title of Ownership (two copies): Bill of Sale, or Builder’s Certificate in the case of a new vessel. 

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Acceptance of Sale: the buyer must state his approval of the sale transaction.  

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International Tonnage Certificate, or Certificate of Admeasurement. Certified by the surveying company, does not need to be notarized. 

 

Inspections & Surveys

All vessels must pass an annual inspection to ensure that they meet with international safety regulations, carry up to date certificates and are properly manned and equipped for their intended trade. To prevent the enrollment of potentially hazardous ships, vessels built over twenty years ago must be inspected before a permanent Patente can be issued. These inspections are monitored by the Directorate of Consular and Maritime Affairs (SECNAVES) of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, whose representative is SEGUMAR (New York). 

All vessels are subject to surveys by an approved classification society that will issue tonnage and other technical certificates. Depending on the type of vessel, those certificates may include:

-  Passenger Ship Safety Certificate

-  Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate

-  Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate

-  Cargo Ship Safety Radiotelegraphy Certificate

-  Cargo Ship Safety Radiotelephony Certificate

-  Exemption Certificate

-  International Load Line Certificate

-  Grain Loading Certificate

The list of the authorized surveyors, in alphabetical order and subject to change without notification, is currently being revised. Please contact the Consulate to verify.

-  American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

-  Bureau Veritas (BV)

-  China Classification Society (CCS)

-  China Corporation Register of             Shipping (CCRS)

-  Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

-  Germanischer Lloyd (GL)

-  Hellenic Register of Shipping (HRS)

-  Horizon International (HINSIB)

-  Isthmus Bureau of Shipping (IBS)

-  Korean Register of Shipping (KRS)

-  Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LRS)

-  Margenia Investment Corp. (MI)

-  National Shipping Adjusters (NASHA)

-  Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK)

-  Pan American Ship Certifiers & Reg. Corp. (PSCRC)

-  Panama Bureau of Shipping (PBS)

-  Panama Marine Survey & certification Serv. (PMSC)

-  Panama Maritime Doc. Services Inc. (PMDS)

-  Panama Maritime Survey Bureau (PMSB)

-  Panama Register Corporation (PRC)

-  Panama Shipping Registrar (PSRI)

-  Panama Int'l Shipping Corp. (PISC)

-  Polski Rejestr Statkow (PRS)

-  Registro Internacional Naval (RINAVE)

-  Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)

-  Russian Register of Shipping

 

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