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. 

Panama is proud to host the World Maritime Day Parallel Event, which will be held in Panama from October 1 to 3, 2017.  The theme for this year’s World Maritime Day is “Connecting Ships, Ports and People”, which is appropriate for Panama for being one of the par excellence maritime nations, as recognized by the rest of the nations of the world having being elected to the IMO Category A.

Panama as a country plays a very important role in the world economy, as they are the seat of the main ports in Latin America, due to the Panama Canal and for being the biggest Flag State, with 18% of the world merchant fleet flying the number One flag.

Precisely, this celebration of the World Maritime Day Parallel Event coincides with the celebration of the Centennial of our International Ship Registry which was created in the year 1917.

Join this historical event and meet our managing director Erik A. de Koning amongs many other people.

Register yourself free of charge at : http://worldmaritimedaypanama.com/registro/

The Chinese Embassy was inaugurated last weekend in Panama, during a visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. China and Panama signed a joint communique on June 13 this year on the establishment of diplomatic relations. China is the second-biggest user of the Panama Canal, and the main user of the Colon Free Trade Zone. Wang Yi indicated that a group of Chinese companies have signed contracts for the export of Panamanian goods worth USD 38.7 million to China and that the two countries are negotiating the establishment of a Free Trade Agreement.

Besides, China has expressed its willingness to finance the construction of a train between the Panamanian capital and the border of Costa Rica. Currently, Chinese companies are already developing a port in Panama, which is the Puerto Panamá-Cólon in Isla Margarita, with a capacity of 2 million TEUs constructed by the China Landbrigde Group. Furthermore, Chinese state firms have expressed interest in the development at the West Bank of the Panama Canal, once the country opens a tender for it in the beginning of 2018. The Dutch Antea Group and Stig Delta have developed a masterplan for this side of the Canal, including plans to invest in logistic parks, ports, railways and road connections, ensuring optimum commercial use of the area.

20th July 2017

The Panama Maritime Authority launched this video to promote the 100th year anniversary of the Panama Ship registry this year, highlighting the commitment to safety of human life at sea, protection of the marine environment, and navigation of the world’s largest open ship registry in the world.

The Panama Ship registry with over 8,000 registered vessels, represents 18 percent of the world’s fleet.

Established by law in December 1917, Panama’s Registry is known to have one of the world’s best records in environmental and safety compliance and vessel loss prevention. It has over 1,000 inspectors in more than 300 ports to ensure compliance worldwide.

“Later in 1925, through Law 8 of 1925, the Panamanian Merchant Marine was created and restrictions regarding nationality and residence of ship owners were eliminated, and adopting an open registry system.

Do you want to know about the great advantage the Panama Ship Registry can offer for your company ?

Hubel Marine has extensive experience with the registration and surveying vessels with the Panama Ship Registry.  ‘In 1988 my father Jacques de Koning started to perform Annual Safety Inspections for the Panama flag state,’ says managing director Erik de Koning. ‘Some flag states can be very bureaucratic requiring complicated legalisation or translation procedures. That was the reason why we started our specialised vessel registration department.’ ‘Most of our clients know us for giving service on a 24/7 basis,’ he explains.

Hubel Marine works with a pool of lawyers that are selected by the firm for each client’s needs according to the services required and ‘we select the best suitable for the ship owner or bank,’ comments de Koning.

With comprehensive services, Hubel Marine has a wide range of ship owners including big liners, new buildings, bulk,tankers and the offshore market ‘where Hubel Marine is very strongly represented.’

‘We give a personal and customised service and talk directly with the decision makers,’ says de Koning who visits about four to five times a year Panama. ‘We don’t charge by the hour because we are not reinventing the wheel. It is our daily job.’

Contact Erik A. de Koning of Hubel Marine B.V. for a free and tailormade advice ;

Telephone +31-10-458 7338                     http://www.hubelmarine.com

Last week the surveyors of Hubel Marine had to attend the 1964 built vessel Terschelling with Panama flag in a Dutch shipyard. This unique vessel is privately owned by a British Dive expert . The vessel is exclusively being used for special historical wreckage recovery projects.

In co-operation with Tos Ship Delivery Service the vessel was delivered from Zwijndrecht to Ramsgate, U.K. where the new expedition crew would join the vessel.

The next archaeological project this summer is the shipwreck ‘Rooswijk’ which was discovered by a diver on the Goodwin Sands near Deal. The project, run by the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency in partnership with Historic England, involves mapping the ship and securing any archaeological material.

The ship had been on its way to the East Indies with valuable cargo including silver ingots and coinage when it sank on the sandbank on January 8, 1740.

1997-2017

On July 1st,  we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Hubel Marine B.V.

The company started in Rotterdam City Center in the living room of it’s founder Erik de Koning.

Since 1999 they moved to Capelle aan den IJssel and since 2006 they enjoy the spectacular view in the port of Schiedam.

Thanks to the incredible staff and surveyors, Hubel Marine reached this milestone and is looking forward for the opportunities that the future has to offer.

Thank you all for working with Hubel Marine B.V.