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Panama Ship Registry opens new office in HoustonPanama Ship Registry opens new office in Houston

The Panama Ship Registry has opened a new Technical Office (SEGUMAR) in the city of Houston, Texas, USA, which will cater more specifically to clients of the area with advice through personalised consultation.

Michele Labrut, Americas Correspondent

November 20, 2017

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SEGUMAR Houston -Texas is to focus on giving Panama Ship Registry users’ specialised information and attention related to the thriving industry of offshore support vessels.

These offshore units not only include offshore drilling units (MODUS) but also platforms, barges and barge units.

Services will include Letters of authorisation (required for technical certificates on board, exemptions and any other required by the ship); Approvals, endorsement and exemption of international tonnage certificates (CCI-69);  Minimum safety crew certificates; Certificates of exemption referring to all codes and agreements approved by Panama; Bunker Certificates (BCC); Certificates of Shipwreck Removal (WRC); Certificates of the Athens Convention (PAL); Certificate of responsibility for damages due to oil pollution, 1992 (CLC92); ISM statements for the company and the Declaration of the designated person endorsement

It is also to offer advice and coordination regarding issues related to accident investigation, Annual Safety Inspection (ASI), Flag State Control, Port State Control (PSC), as well as any other service that is required.

The Gulf of Mexico has the world’s largest number of offshore units which is why the largest providers of services and products dedicated to the technological and optimal evaluation of oil wells, have their headquarters in Houston.

The global service network of SEGUMAR is one of the major projects launched by the Panama Ship Registry, which has opened four new Technical Offices in London, Manila, Dubai, and now in Texas.

In addition, the SEGUMAR-New York Office was moved to Miami, in Florida joining Piraeus, Istanbul, Singapore, Busan, Imabari, Seoul, Tokyo and the one located at the main headquarters in Panama City.

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About the Author

Michele Labrut

Americas Correspondent

Michèle Labrut is a long-time Panama resident, a journalist and correspondent, and has continuously covered the maritime sector of Central & Latin America.

Michèle first came to Panama as a press attaché to the French Embassy and then returned to the isthmus as a foreign correspondent in the 1980s.

Author of Seatrade Maritime's annual Panama Maritime Review magazine and of several books, Michèle also wrote for Time magazine, The Miami Herald, NBC News and the Economist Intelligence Unit. She has also collaborated in making several documentaries for the BBC and European and U.S. television networks.

Michèle's profession necessitates a profound knowledge of the country, but her acumen is not from necessity alone, but a genuine passion for Panama.

In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit (Knight grade) by the French Government for her services to international journalism and in 2021 the upgrade to Chevalier grade.

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