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25 Jul 2019 / Panama Canal, Panama

Scheduled lane outage at Miraflores Locks

Beginning at 1200 hours on Monday, July 29, 2019, until 1200 hours on Tuesday, August 06, 2019 (8 days), the West lane of Miraflores Locks will be out of service for scheduled maintenance.

As a result, and in accordance with the rules governing the Transit Reservation System (OP’s Notice to Shipping No. N-7-2019), Condition 2 for the Panamax locks will be in effect from Tuesday, July 30, 2019, until Tuesday, August 6, 2019.

Applications for reserved transits while Condition 2 is in effect will be received beginning at 0900 hours on Saturday, July 27, 2019. The Just-In-Time (JIT) transit slots available for supers will be reduced to one for each direction while Condition 2 is in effect, 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 Panama at [email protected])

Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No.A-27-2019 dated 24 July 2019

[Note: During Conditions 2 and 3, no more than six supers may be booked for transit in the same direction and, of these, no more than four with daylight restrictions. The number of daylight restricted vessels shall not exceed six, and the number of JIT transit slots may not exceed one per direction. To avoid delays is highly recommended to go for pre-booked slots.]

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