Panama Maritime Authority has notified ClassNK of Merchant Marine Circular No.173 (hereinafter, the circular) regarding guidelines related to the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter, Paris MOU) as per attached.

As per the Circular, all vessels of twenty (20) years of age or more, which are calling at a port or operating within the ports of country members to the Paris MOU, are required to undergo an occasional survey in order to improve the performance of the Panamanian Registry within the Paris MOU.

In case the vessel departs to a port located within a member country of the Paris MOU or the vessel is operating within the ports of member countries of the Paris MOU, please arrange an occasional survey according to the said guidelines. For details of the survey items for this occasional survey, please contact ClassNK service sites which will carry out the survey.

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Survey Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address: 4-7, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2027 / 2028
Fax: +81-3-5226-2029
E-mail: svd@classnk.or.jp

Attachment:
1. Merchant Marine Circular No.173