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About Us
The Central American Commision for Maritime Transportation (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
The consultancy will be carried out from May to December 2024, coordinated by COCATRAM.
This year 2024 marks a milestone in the acceleration of digitalization in shipping – the mandatory “Maritime Single Window”.
The adhesion of the Republic of Nicaragua is a key step towards the entry into vigor of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement and the improvement of the safety of fishing vessels.
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
It also highlights the participation of developing economies in seaborne trade and their dependence on commodity exports.
The Board of Directors is the highest collegiate body within COCATRAM. It is responsible for directing the organization and is made up of delegates and alternates from the governments of the different member states and from the regional private sector linked to its activities.
The Supervisory Commission is COCATRAM's second most important body; its mission is to oversee the work and activities of the organization.
The Network of Maritime Port Statistics of the Central American Isthmus
The Costa Rica Thermal Dome (CTD) is an oceanographic phenomenon resulting from the action of winds and ocean currents that produces the vertical displacement of deep, cold, nutrient-rich waters that approach the surface, creating an upwelling zone.
Red de Gestión Ambiental Portuaria Centroamericana - REGAP
Course within the framework of horizontal cooperation administered by COCATRAM.
MoU
With the aim of promoting Central American and Caribbean maritime port activity, COCATRAM has signed Memorandums of Understanding with the following related organizations:
july, 2024
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