PANAMA CITY, June 27 (Reuters) - The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) said on Tuesday it would continue to clean up its fleet to prevent substandard Panama-flagged ships from being detained in foreign ports, a week after the country was added to an international watch list.
Panama's ships registry was last week added to the "grey list" of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), an agreement among 27 countries establishing an international inspection regime for foreign ships in other nations' ports, aiming to control ships' safety and environmental standards.
The grey list includes fleets with acceptable compliance levels but low detention rates.
Panama has removed 216 vessels from its ships registry, the world's largest, since 2021, for not meeting international standards.
Reporting by Elida Moreno; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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