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Costa Rica
El Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Panamá
About Us
The Central American Maritime Transport Commission (COCATRAM) is a specialized organization that is a permanent part of the institutional structure of the Central American Integration System (SICA). It has its own board of directors and is based in the city of Managua, Nicaragua.
What We Do
MARITIME STRATEGY
The Maritime Strategy is linked to the vision of Central America working to be a competitive region integrated into world maritime trade, implementing the necessary actions in the region to develop its maritime trade in the framework of the corresponding international regulations and standards.


NETWORKS
In the exercise of its functions and in accordance with its purposes, COCATRAM may create operational networks that allow it to manage the promotion of maritime and port development in the Central American region.
CONSULTATION SYSTEMS
COCATRAM offers its users the following information services:


SIEMPCA
Maritime-port statistical platform, developed with the official information of port companies and authorities from the countries that make up the Central American Maritime Transport Commission (COCATRAM).


Maritime Routes
Updated map of the main maritime routes in the Greater Caribbean that allow exporters, importers, sellers or buyers to know when, how, with whom and under what conditions they can ship their merchandize.


FOGAP System
Statistical Platform for Ship-Generated Waste Reception in Ports of Central America and the Dominican Republic, which since 2013 has contained historical information aimed at guaranteeing sustainability and strengthening port environmental management in the region.


CRRDH
An information platform on reacting to the spillage of hydrocarbons or harmful and potentially dangerous substances. It contains the National and Regional Contingency Guidelines and Plans that allow the organization of response preparedness for this kind of emergency.


Environmental Sensitivity Maps
Digital platform aimed at efficiently and rapidly advising the local maritime authority, on-scene commander or head of response in the event of a hydrocarbon spill.
News
Seafarers' Day 2023 highlights the work of seafarers in protecting the marine environment around them.
For any ports interested in adopting JIT, the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 please contact greenvoyage2050@imo.org for more information.
The IMO is seeking Lead Pilot Countries (LPCs) to participate in
At the invitation of SIECA’s Directorate of Transportation, Infrastructure and Logistics
In addition, the modernization of port systems in developing countries has played a key role.
The Board of Directors of COCATRAM met in the city of Chinandega, Nicaragua, to discuss issues related to the organization's operations.
The Surveillance Commission met as a previous activity to the CXIV
Members of the Board of Directors, within the framework of the
Technical Cooperation Network on Maritime and Port Security, ISPS Mexico International
Central American Maritime Authorities meet to learn about the maritime navigation situation in the Costa Rica Thermal Dome.
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