AMP ignored Taboga Pier warnings

The Technological University of Panama (UTP), Since 2017, he has warned that the dock on the island of Taboga has serious technical deficiencies and that it must be relocated due to the factor of wave movement in the place where it is located.

In spite of, Maritime Administration of Panama (AMP) He ignored the technical reports of the UTP, and in the administration of Noriel Arauz, the company Mesolju Marine Services Corp, owned by Roger Moreno, was hired to restore the said dock.

The aforementioned contract was for the amount of nine hundred and seventy-five thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and eleven cents (975,253.11) and on September 3 of this year, warnings from UTP With the aforementioned dock, its structure collapsed due to the strong tides that engulfed the Panamanian Pacific.

In the framework of the contract concluded in 2020, sub Araúz’s administration, The removal of the piles and the construction of new ones was contracted for almost one million dollars. Likewise, the construction of a new taxiing system of the runway and pontoon was contracted.

Despite the warning that its location makes it susceptible to damage in the event of strong waves, which it did.

In addition to this, AMP paid for the installation defense system made of high-density rubber, on the long sides of the pontoon.

Despite all this, on September 3rd, the said pier was closed for five days due to bad conditions, leaving doubts about the repairs carried out.’

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Nine hundred seventy five thousand two hundred fifty three dollars and eleven cents was the amount of the contract.

Engineering staff of the administration AMP ports and ancillary maritime industries It was he who repaired the structure affected by the highest tides.

Now alerts are coming out about said recruitment Mesolju Marine Services Corp, since Araúz has a direct relationship with the said company, since according to journalistic sources he was the manager of the company before being appointed AMP for him Government of Laurentino Cortiz, He worked for this economic group.

The reason why, according to experts, Mesolju Marine Services Corpof which he is the president and representative Roger Moreno is legal, He had to declare himself unable to perform this contract with AMP.

It is even known about the personal relationship between Araúz and Moreno, and other contracts that were concluded during his administration.

In the judicial inspection report, the bench warns before hiring Mesolju Marine Services Corp., which Arauz also ignored.

These warnings include: deterioration of concrete and steel reinforcements inside it, wear due to metal replacement.

It also came to light, it had broken due to compression, something that resulted from the pressures or tensions that existed within the structure.

It must be remembered that Araúz’s administration is on in front of AMP, it was full of conflict and allegations of damage to one of the country’s most lucrative businesses, such as flagging ships.

Araúz’s stewardship is one of the most prominent in the negotiations and other scandals that have led to the loss of Panama’s leadership in international ship marking.

At that time, the director Merchant Marine Maritime Authority of Panama, Rafael Cigarruistahand Araúz is on the right in AMP, He tried to distance himself from responsibility for the crisis in Panamanian shipping. However, lawyers and experts directly question him as responsible for the disaster that the Panamanian ship registry has had in this administration, both in the number of patents and in accordance with the safety standards that they dictate international standards for ships.

This year PanamaNot only is he on the gray or warning list of the Paris Security Memorandum of Understanding, but in the first year he will lose the qualification that allowed him to enter the Coast Guard program United States called Qualship 21.

This is a program that only ship logs which achieve the standard of environmental safety.