May 2008 - Captain Jose Burgos (third from right to left) with Belgian and French pilots at the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between the Belgian and French pilots' organizations. 

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June 2008 - Captains Limberis Diamantopulos (far left) and Alvaro Moreno (far right) attended ITF's Seafarers' Maritime Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.

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April 2008 - Members of UPCP's Technical Committee met with the Navigation Advisory Board of the ACP during their recent visit to Panama.

(Picture: A. Moreno)

October 2007 - Captains Paul Balanck (Belgium) and Alvaro Moreno (Panama) at the Kallo locks in Antwerp. 

(Picture courtesy of Asociación de Prácticos de Chile)

September 2007 - Official picture of the IV Foro Latinoamericano de Prácticos

September 2007 - Captain Miguel Rodríguez, Canal Operations Captain, Captain Michael Watson, President of IMPA and President of the American Pilots' Association, and Captain Alvaro Moreno, President of the Panama Canal Pilots' Association, at the Control House in Miraflores Locks.

July 2007 - The Panama Canal Pilots' Association and Casita de Mausi organized a visit to Miraflores Locks Visitors' Center.  Special thanks to ASEPRAC (Panama Canal Pilots Wives' Association) and the ACP for their support to make this event a reality.

June 2007-PCPA members and ACP officials at Captain Kim's retirement cocktail party.  Captain Kim was presented with a retirement clock from PCPA and a retirement certificate from ACP.

May 2007-Panama Canal Pilots' Association made a significant donation to Casita de Mausi, an organization that provides temporary housing for low income cancer patients while they are receiving medical treatment.

March 2007-Visit to Antwerp Locks by the President of the Panama Canal Pilots' Association.

19th IMPA Congress

Bangkok, Thailand

Panama Canal Pictures

(Picture: J. Burgos)

(Picture: M. Munar)

(Picture: J. Burgos)

Nicely loaded container vessel approaching (far from entering) Miraflores Locks

 (Picture: M. Munar) 

Restricted visibility, caused by rain and fog, affects the Panama Canal every day. 

18th IMPA Congress

La Habana, Cuba 

Panama Delegates to the Congress: Captains Jose Pablo Gonzalez, Francisco Javier Tejada, Alvaro Moreno and Hernan Navarro

Delegates from Panama, Belgium and Cuba, IMPA officials and the Ambassadors from Belgium and Panama.

Signing of cooperation agreement with Belgian pilots at the 2006 IMPA Congress.