The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), which oversees Panama’s Ship Registry has adopted Pole Star’s PurpleTRAC solution to ensure compliance to International sanctions across its registry operations and is the first in the sector to do so.

“It is very important that we could ensure our business is able to comply with an ever increasing and complex regulatory landscape. As the world’s largest Flag, by both ships and tonnage, we felt it was essential for us to lead our industry by adopting these new technologies that can protect our teams and our clients, and ensure that all efforts are made to comply with sanctions and regulatory policy worldwide. The Pole Star ‘PurpleTRAC’ solution enables us to screen our entire fleet on a daily basis, and guarantee we have the clarity we need to comply,” said Fernando Solorzano head of Panama Ship Registry.”

“Pole Star has been providing Long-Range Identification and Tracking services to over 50 Flags since 2008 – in essence, global persistent ship tracking of their registered fleets – and over this period has become a trusted party through understanding the challenging geopolitical world in which they operate,” commented Julian Longson, Pole Star’s managing director…