02 Aug 2016 / Panama Canal, Panama
The Panama Canal has installed new buoys at the Atlantic Entrance to Panama Canal just outside the Cristobal Breakwater entrance.
The width of the new entrance channel, which is defined by these buoys just north of the Cristobal Breakwater entrance, is 520 meters (1,706 feet).
Please update your charts with the following information:
PANAMA – Atlantic Ocean Coast – Atlantic Entrance to Panama Canal including adjacent ports – Atlantic Entrance Lateral Channel Light Buoys.
Source: Panama Canal Authority
Chart 3111: (Main Panel – Atlantic Entrance to Panama Canal including Adjacent Ports) WGS84 ADATUM
Designation: W-1
Characteristic: Q.G
New Position: 09 deg. 24’ 7905 N / 79 deg. 54’ 9865 W
Designation: W-2
Characteristic: Q.R
New Position: 09 deg. 24’ 7917 N / 79 deg. 55’ 2706 W
Designation: W-3
Characteristic: Oc.G
New Position: 09 deg. 24’ 3022 N / 79 deg. 54’ 9886 W
Designation: W-4
Characteristic: Oc.R
New Position: 09 deg. 24’ 3034 N / 79 deg. 55’ 2728 W
Designation: W-5
Characteristic: Oc.G
New Position: 09 deg. 23’ 8138 N / 79 deg. 54’ 9908 W
Designation: W-6
Characteristic: Oc.R
New Position: 09 deg. 23’ 8151 N / 79 deg. 55’ 2749 W
(For information about operations in the Panama Canal contact GAC-Wilford & McKay at [email protected])
Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No.A-40-2016 dated 1 August 2016
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