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Advantage

PMAC Panama maritime authorized companies provides professional international maritime services, including the registration of Panama flag of convenience ships and the registration of Cook Islands ships.

In order to facilitate the needs of ship owners, we have also established extensive cooperation with international flag of convenience countries of other countries. We also provide international maritime services in Belize, Cambodia, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Honduras, domenica and other countries.

Panama flag of convenience advantage
●  Panama flag of convenience has a history of more than 100 years since it founded the world flag of convenience registration service in 1917; 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama ship registry.
●  The number and tonnage of Panama flag of convenience ships still rank first in the world. Respected by shipowners all over the world. It is the first member state of IMO
●  Panama convenience flag has no nationality restrictions on ship owners or individuals, and any natural person or natural company (stateless restrictions) can apply for registration of Panama convenience flag; But only Iran and North Korea are excluded.
●  No age limit or tonnage limit;
●  For new shipbuilding, after the ship is built to 20% and the keel is laid, apply for IMO number and determine the ship name, and then apply for registration in Panama, so as to handle the ownership certificate / mortgage registration of the ship under construction;
●  The name of the ship can be reserved to prevent others from using it; Ensure the uniqueness of ship name;
●  Can accept the dual choice of renting in and renting out;
●  It is the world's largest flag of convenience and provides mortgage registration services for banks and financial institutions around the world. Its efficient work efficiency and fast service are highly praised by financial institutions around the world.


Certificate and business authorized to be issued directly


The Panama authorized maritime service center is directly authorized by the Panama maritime agency to directly provide you with the business of applying for ship registration and directly issuing the Panama ship registration certificate in Shanghai.

●  Advantage Services - efficient and fast
  - The original of the temporary nationality registration certificate and temporary radio license issued directly by our company in Shanghai. The processing time of our company is only 1-3 working days from application to certificate issuance.
  - There is no need to send the temporary registration certificate issued by Panama country or other consular countries to the domestic ship owner in China, thus delaying the ship owner's shipping schedule.
  - You need to apply for any urgent registration without going through other intermediate links.
●  Our company has PMAC Panama headquarters staff and PMAC Panama professional lawyers to provide multi language services for ship registry registration, including professional and fast consulting services in Chinese / English / Spanish
●  Directly communicate with official maritime institutions such as the Panama government, the Panama consulate and the Panama segumar, so as to quickly solve various maritime problems for you.
●  A full set of one-stop certificate processing services for Panama ships can reduce the multi head contact and communication of ship owners, and one PMAC center can complete all certificates required by Panama ships.

Panama authorizes the maritime service center to issue the following Panama ship certificates directly in Shanghai :

PROVISIONAL NAVIGATION PATENT
PROVISIONAL RADIO LICENSE
PATENT EXTENSION
RADIO LICENSE EXTENSION
MINIMUM SAFETY MANNING CERTIFICATE
CSR (CONTINUOUS SYNOPSIS RECORD)
EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE
ITC PANAMA ENDORSEMENT & ITC FULL TERM
ISSC FULL TERM
BCC (BUNKER CONVENTION CERT )
CLC
WRECK REMOVAL CERTIFICATE
FLAG AUTHORIZATION
PANAMA CREW LICENSE ENDORSMENT

English version

Once all registration requirements are fulfilled, the vessel will be registered and the following Bahamas certificates and documents will be issued:

●  Provisional Certificate of Registry
●  Radio Communication License
●  Safe Manning Document
●  Ship’s Carving and Marking Note
●  Oil Pollution CLC
●  Bunker CLC
●  Wreck Removal Insurance Certificate
●  Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR)
●  LRIT Conformance Test Report (CTR)
●  Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance (DMLC) – Part 1
●  Statement of Acceptance of Financial Security in respect of MLC 2006
●  Set of Ship Statutory Publications

Procedures for PMAC Panama's ship registry registration


 Handling of temporary certificates:
● Check the validity of the ship name.
● Provide a full set of copies of the original ship's certificate;
● You need to submit the documents required for temporary registration: Doc / SMC / ISSC / CSR issued by the country of origin can be provided; If not, you can apply to our company.
● Submit various ship registration application forms, including: Panama registration application form, minimum staffing application form and CSR application form.
● The owner needs to confirm the quotation; You fax the remittance voucher to us, and Panama begins to apply;
● If the documents meet the requirements, within 1-2 working days, authorized by Panama, our company will directly issue the official original temporary Navigation Certificate (valid for 6 months) and temporary radio license (valid for 6 months) and send them to the address you specify;

 Handling of long-term certificate:
1. The original power OA attorney shall be notarized and certified by Panama, and the original shall be provided;
2. The original bill of sale and acceptance of sale shall be notarized and certified by Panama, and the original shall be provided (if there is a sale);
3. The original of deletion cert shall be notarized and certified by Panama, and the original shall be provided;
4. Provide copies of international tonnage certificate (ITC).
5. Provide a valid DOC / SMC certificate recognized by the government of the country of Panama's nationality;
6. SSP approval certificate, ISSC and CSR issued by Panama maritime administration, photocopy.
7. If it is a newly built ship, the original construction certificate is also required. The original of the notarization and certification procedures required for the certificate shall be sent to Panama.
8. Radio license application form and activation report of inmarast equipment.

Since the establishment of Panama maritime authorized companies in China in 2001, we have successively had experience in handling the registration business of more than hundreds of thousands of ships, including new shipbuilding, second-hand trading ships, abandoned ships under construction, reconstructed ships, court disputes and court auction ships. We have a very professional team of Panama lawyers and experienced legal solutions and registration experience of PMAC Shanghai authorization center.

We look forward to your consultation and handling. Please choose our service at the first time.

Panama ship registration type

  • NORMAL REGISTRATION
  • BAREBOATE CHARTER
  • SPECIAL REGISTRATION

    NORMAL REGISTRATION

  • Normal registration, also known as permanent registration, the ownership of the registered ship shall be recorded in Panama.
  • Issue a temporary 6-month nationality certificate and radio license, and then provide the information required by the long-term certificate. Panama issues a long-term certificate valid for 5 years You can apply for an update when it is about to expire.

    BAREBOATE CHARTER

  • The Panama government allows ships to accept the dual choice of renting in and renting out.
  • The Panama bareboat charter can be divided into 1-year or 2-year periods. After the expiration, you can apply for renewal and continue the light lease registration. If a 5-year contract is signed, the light lease certificate will be renewed every two years. After the renewal in the last year, the contract will end.
  • -The ownership of the ship is related to the existing nationality registered in the first, and has nothing to do with the choice of rent and other second nationalities leased out (such as Panama). It is not allowed to apply for ownership or apply for mortgage in the second nationality (Panama).

    SPECIAL REGISTRATION

  • It is generally used for a single voyage, only for the sale of ships or other reasons (such as ship dismantling). Ship registration is a Panama certificate issued for only one voyage .
  • Issue a certificate valid for 3 months
  • After 3 months, you can apply for cancellation or not.
  • This registration can be registered in the next flag state, and its special registration in Panama can be ignored.
  • The registration procedure is similar to the temporary registration procedure of second-hand ships; However, as it is a voyage certificate, the name of the port of departure and the port of arrival must be provided when issuing the certificate.
  • The fee is more favorable than other registration categories, and the certificate is invalid after one voyage.

    Documents Panama Legalization

    Panama notarization and certification of some legal documents of ship delivery will be involved in the process of registration, trading, etc. of Panama flag ships. Our center provides various services of the following documents for ship owners.

    Power Of Attorney
    Corporations Documents
    BILL OF SALE
    ACCEPTANCE OF SALE
    BUILDER CERT
    DELETION CERT
    CONTRACTS
    LAWSUIT DOCUMENTS

    ●  At the same time, we can assist in handling the Hague Convention certification for the cancellation certificates issued by some countries, such as Liberia, Bahamas, Jamaica, etc.
    ●  We also handle the notarization of Panama ship documents in Panama and provide Panama documents China authentication. Most of these services involve maritime disputes brought by Panama ships in China. The legal litigation documents required by Chinese courts to be provided by lawyers must be documents approved by Chinese judiciary.