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The Panama Canal has issued updates to various policies including those covering:
The Panama Canal is closely monitoring the evolving COVID-19 outbreak and has adopted a series of measures to protect its personnel and prevent further spread of the virus, and continue providing a safe and uninterrupted service to its customers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Since January, ships arriving at the waterway have been required to report their last 10 ports of call and if they have visited countries with confirmed cases prior to their arrival. This builds off, and has been followed by, a series of additional actions taken at the waterway.
Vessel Transit Measures
The Panama Canal’s inspection and control personnel already work tirelessly to ensure compliance with regulations on health and prevention of contagious diseases within its waters. These inspections for contagious risk issues have been carried out for years and are required for all vessels that arrive in the Panama Canal waters.
Existing controls are:
In response to COVID-19, the following additional measures have also been taken at the Panama Canal:
For information about operations in Panama, contact GAC Panama at [email protected]
Source: Various Panama Canal Authority Advisories to Shipping