Panama's environmental rules for boats are set by the Autoridad Marítima de Panamá (AMP), which handles pollution from vessels and takes spill reports, and the Ministerio de Ambiente (MiAmbiente), which protects the parks, mangroves and reefs the boats sail through. The Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (ACP) adds its own concern: a boat moving from one ocean to the other carries hull growth with it, so the canal cares about invasive species and asks about hull condition. On the ground, pump-out stations are rare, holding tanks are the exception on local boats, fuel docks are few and busy, and the rainy season floats logs, trash and sargassum into the anchorages.
The three questions: where can I pump out, what do I do if I spill fuel, and what does the canal want me to do about my hull. Pump-out is available at a few marinas; most boats discharge offshore, so the rule of thumb is distance from anchorages, beaches and reefs. A spill is reported to the AMP capitanía and, in a protected area, to MiAmbiente. For the canal, a clean hull and honest answers on the admeasurement questionnaire about your last ports are what matters.
This collection will cover sewage, holding tanks and pump-out reality in Panama, fuelling and spill prevention, reporting an oil or fuel spill (AMP and MiAmbiente), trash, grey water and cleaning products, hull cleaning and invasive species between oceans, and sargassum, logs and debris on both coasts. The Panama City ramps and fuel docks guide is live now.
The Florida environment sub-hub is the twin: pump-out there is a legal system with stations; here it is a habit you build yourself.