18 May 2018 / Panama Canal, Panama

Locks Lane Outage and Transit Reservations System

Beginning at 1900 hours on Monday, May 21, 2018, and until 0700 hours on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 (12 hours), the WEST lane of Pedro Miguel Locks will be out of service in order to perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance work.

As a result, and in accordance with the rules governing the Transit Reservation System (OP’s Notice to Shipping No.N-7-2018), Condition 1.a for the Panamax locks will be in effect on Tuesday 22, 2018.

Applications for reserved transits while Condition 1.a is in effect will be received beginning at 0900 on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The Just-In-Time (JIT) transit slots available for supers will be reduced during this date to one for each direction, whereas the JIT slots for regular vessels transiting without restrictions will remain at one for each direction. The booking slot available through the auction process, as well as the slots available for regular vessels less than 300 feet in LOA, and the slots for Neopanamax vessels, will continue to be offered during this period.

(For information about operations in the Panama Canal, contact GAC-Wilford & McKay at [email protected])

Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No.A-17-2018

If quoting any content from Hot Port News, please cite GAC Hot Port News as the source.

Make an
enquiry

enquiry icon

Find your
country

country icon