This article proposes the analysis of the new processing of the de facto appeal offered by the Civil Procedure Code, and how this affects the administration of maritime justice. The contrasted legal texts were the Judicial Code and the Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Panama; the central techniques of this research were comparative analysis and exegesis. This research provides a tool for the analysis of the provisions that regulate the de facto appeal, necessary for the training or training of judicial representatives of aggrieved parties or third parties who wish to file a de facto appeal, and even judicial officials, allowing them to know the changes in the processing of the de facto appeal, as well as those aspects that will continue based on the Civil Procedure Code.

With the new provisions relating to de facto appeals, which will also be applied in the maritime sphere, a more agile and immediate processing is expected; so that the user can receive a response in a timely manner; that can contribute to the efficiency of Maritime Justice.