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January 22, 2018

Over the past decade, Panama’s strategic location and its integration into the world’s economy have converted the country into the fastest growing economy in Latin America and the Caribbean; transforming it into the ‘Hub of the Americas’. 

Therefore Panama took the leading role to organise a conference held in Amsterdam  featuring the following prominent Panamanian authorities: The President of the Republic of Panama, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Canal Affairs-General Director and President of the Board of Directors of the Metro de Panamá, S.A., Minister of Agricultural Development, General Manager of the TOCUMEN International Airport.

Our Managing Director Erik A. de Koning discussed with the President of Panama, his excellency Juan Carlos Varela, the positive progress of the Panama Ship Registry and congratulated him with the 100th anniversary of the Registry.  Various topics were discussed and a comprehensive report with suggestions for the Registry was agreed to  be  submitted. 

On Friday, January 19, the sixth part of the series Beautiful ships and jobs in the port of Rotterdam was published. This book also shows how diverse the ships and jobs are: from a cruise ship to a ro-ro ship, from a director of a vessel registration company to director of a waste processing company. Special attention is paid to writers Cees de Keijzer and Piet van Dijk this time to marine environments and the offshore.

The book is made by two board members of the Rotterdam branch of the World Ship Society. Chairman De Keijzer, responsible for the texts about the ships, wrote the first books together with harbor journalist Hans Roodenburg. He did the interviews with the portrayed people from the port. Roodenburg stopped after five parts. WSS secretary Van Dijk took over from him.

We are proud to announce that the director of Hubel Marine, Erik de Koning has been interviewed for this unique publication and appears on page 96. A publication was handed over to De Koning by De Keijzer and Van Dijk.

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PANAMAINVEST AND PANAMAFEST CONFERENCE- AMSTERDAM 22-01-2018

A conference featuring the following prominent Panamanian authorities: The President of the Republic of Panama, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Canal Affairs-General Director and President of the Board of Directors of the Metro de Panamá, S.A., Minister of Agricultural Development, Minister of the Maritime Authority of Panama, General Manager of the TOCUMEN International Airport.

Over the past decade, Panama’s strategic location and its integration into the world’s economy have converted the country into the fastest growing economy in Latin America and the Caribbean; transforming it into the ‘Hub of the Americas’. The country seeks to continue being competitive by amplifying services and forming clusters to improve the interconnectivity between all sectors.

 PANAMA-INVEST

The conference will provide insight in one of the fastest growing economies in the world and showcase a range of possibilities to companies of the Netherlands looking for business opportunities in Panama, among others; investments in the public and private sectors, developments in commercial and tourist areas and financial management services.

 PANAMAFEST

Panamafest is a festival celebrating Panamanian culture by presenting local food, agricultural products, music and videos, promoting Panama as a great tourist destination.

• Date and time: January 22 from 17.30 pm – 22.00 pm
• Venue: Okura hotel, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam
• Attending the conference is free of charge
• Please subscribe on : http://www.tradecounsellors.nl/panama-invest-and-panamafest-2018/registration

The Panama Ship Registry is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the country that holds the largest merchant marine in the world with more than 8 thousand vessels , which represent around 18% of the world fleet.

The Ceremony was being held at the presidency in Panama City on Friday December 15th, 2017.

Congratulations P A N A M A

The Panama Canal Authority has finalized the feasibility study for the installation of a terminal for the supply of LNG on the Pacific Coast. The primary objective of this project would be to supply natural gas to vessels that transit through the canal, recognizing the use of this liquid as a cleaner fuel.

The second function of the LNG terminal would be the distribution of LNG to the region and, if required by the country, to supply energy to Panama City. The project has a total investment amount of USD 100 million.

Mr Erik Groen, operation manager and co-owner of Rederij Groen and Glomar Holding added the Furore-G and Aurora-G to their fleet which makes it a total of 30 PANAMA Registered Vessels.

During the courtesy visit to the Panama Registration agency Hubel Marine, Mr Erik Groen received from managing director Erik de Koning the special edition of the            ‘100 Years Panama Ship Registry ‘ in which several of Groen’s vessels appear.

Panama City, Panama, October 26, 2017 – The Caribbean Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, became the first cruise of the 2017-2018 season to transit the Expanded Panama Canal.

As part of its roundtrip itinerary, the Caribbean Princess did a turnaround transit through Agua Clara Locks on the Atlantic side. The cruise began its roundtrip 10-night itinerary from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, passing through the Bahamas, Cartagena (Colombia), Cristobal (Panama), Limon (Costa Rica) and the Cayman Islands with 3,086 passengers on board.

The Caribbean Princess was built in 2004 and has a maximum capacity of 3,600 passengers. It is a modified Grand Class cruise ship with 900 balcony staterooms, a deck of mini-suites, and the first outdoor theater on a modern cruise ship.

The Panama Canal expects to receive approximately 236 cruise ships through the Panamax and Neopanamax Locks during the upcoming 2017-2018 cruise season, which officially began on October 2, 2017.

Two brand-new Fishing Trawlers KJELL & JAVRO were constructed by Machinefabiek Luyt in Den Oever, The Netherlands for Marisa Fisheries in Suriname.

Upon completion they were duly surveyed by Hubel Marine BV and registered for a special delivery voyage with the flag of BELIZE.

During the voyage the vessels are not authorized to perform any Fishing Activity and will be re-flagged to Suriname upon arrival.

Interested in delivery voyage registration oppertunities ? Contact Erik A. de Koning @ T+31-10-458 7338

Photo : copyright Luyt Groep

The by Hubel Marine under Panama Flag registered vessel AEGIR from Heerema Marine, arrived today morning at our neighbours berth for regular maintenance on the pipelaying tower.