Panama Ships Face New Pollution
Rules
The administrator of the Panama
Maritime Authority AMP (Autoridad Marítima de Panamá), Fernando
Solorzano said that Panama ratified the Convention about Civil
Responsibility for damages caused by Hydrocarbons products coming
from Ships, last month.
Therefore ships under Panamanian flags will have to have additional
insurance that will cover fuel contamination.
According to the administrator, in the past the conventions covered
contamination due to spillage of crude oil as in the case of the
Exxon Valdez, but not that caused by fuel.
The new legislation closes the loophole.
The convention known as Bunker 2001, makes the ship owner
responsible for the damages caused by contamination and the cost of
preventive measures to avoid them.
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