REPICA 2025: REGIONAL MEETING FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF THE PORT SECTOR

The Central American Maritime Transport Commission (COCATRAM) has the honor to convene the Central American Isthmus Port Meeting (REPICA) in its 2025 edition, to be held from September 22 to 26 in Panama City, at the Sheraton Grand Panama Hotel. REPICA is the most important regional technical forum on port issues, promoted by COCATRAM for […]
First vessel with cars arrives at La Union Port


The vessel MV Argus Ray arrived this morning with vehicles, ranging from sedans, trucks, to heavy machinery; although the quantity was not determined. This is the first vessel of this type to arrive at the Port of La Union. The marine traffic registry indicates that the vessel MV Argus Ray, sails under Bahamas flag and […]
Regional Workshop on the London Protocol organized by IMO and COCATRAM begins


Opening ceremony of the Regional Workshop on the London Protocol, chaired by the Vice Minister of the Navy Edy Santiago Chinchilla Archila, Dr. Andrew Birchenough IMO Technical Officer, consultants Enrique Vargas and Gildardo Alarcón, accompanied by the Executive Director of COCATRAM. Participating ROCRAM-CA countries, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic. Left to right: […]
Work visit of the Pro Tempore Presidency and Executive Directorate promoting the incorporation of the Dominican Republic as a member state of COCATRAM.


As part of COCATRAM‘s activities, the Pro Tempore Presidency and Executive Director made a working visit to the Dominican Republic, with the purpose of promoting the incorporation of the Dominican Republic as a member country of the commission. As part of the agenda, Vice Admiral Agustín Morillo Rodríguez, Commander General of the Navy of the […]
ON-SITE WORKSHOPS STRENGTHEN CAPACITY ON ANNEX VI OF THE MARPOL CONVENTION IN HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA


In an effort to strengthen the implementation of Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention in the ROCRAM-CA countries, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Central American Commission on Maritime Transport (COCATRAM) organized two face-to-face workshops for Honduras and Guatemala. These activities are part of the second phase of the consultancy carried out within the […]
Coordination meeting promoting the incorporation of the Dominican Republic


COCATRAM’s Executive Director, Otto Noack, held a coordination meeting with Melvin de Jesús Pujols, representative of the Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM), and Captain Feliciano Pérez Carbajal, of the Dominican Republic Navy. The purpose of the meeting was to define the initial steps for the official visit to be made by the Pro Tempore Presidency and […]
COCATRAM – MARFUND outreach meeting


Meeting of rapprochement Mrs. Claudia Ruiz – MARFUND and the Executive Direction, on the initiative of the Mesoamerican Reef System (MAR), where the possibility of managing the designation of a Specially Sensitive Marine Zone (ZMES) is raised. COCATRAM will support MARFUND’s efforts in this initiative.
COCATRAM meets with Dominican Port Authority and Dominican Republic Navy


The Executive Director of COCATRAM held a coordination meeting with Melvin de Jesús Pujols of the Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM) and Captain Feliciano Carbajal of the Dominican Republic Navy, in order to finalize the initial steps for the visit that the Pro Tempore Presidency and the Executive Directorate should make to the Dominican Republic, as […]
Meeting on the consultancy Strategic Approach for the Ratification and Implementation of IMO Conventions in Central America and the Dominican Republic.-


Meeting on the consultancy Strategic Approach for the Ratification and Implementation of IMO Conventions in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
First OMI-COCATRAM 2025 Coordination Meeting.-


OMI and COCATRAM met to coordinate the activities of the Integrated Technical Cooperation Program for the year 2025.-