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21 Mar 2017 / Panama Canal, Panama

Upcoming locks lane outages

Beginning at 2000 hours on Friday, March 24, 2017, until 0800 hours on Saturday, March 25, 2017 (12 hours), the WEST lane of Gatun Locks will be out of service in order to perform scheduled repairs on Miter Gate 31 and on Vehicular Bridge No. 3.

In addition, beginning at 2000 hours on Friday, April 7, 2017, until 0800 hours on Saturday, April 8, 2017 (12 hours), the WEST lane of Gatun Locks will be out of service in order to perform scheduled repairs on Miter Gate 32 and on Vehicular Bridge No. 4.

As a result, Condition 1.a for the Panamax locks will be in effect on Saturday, March 25, 2017, and on Saturday, April 8, 2017.

For the outage of March 24-25, applications for reserved transits while Condition 1.a is in effect will be received beginning at 0900 hours on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

For the outage of April 7-8, applications for reserved transits while Condition 1.a is in effect will be received beginning at 0900 hours on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.

The Just-In-Time (JIT) transit slots, as well as the booking slot available through the Auction Process, and the slots available for regular vessels less than 300 feet in LOA, will continue to be offered during these periods.

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

Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No.A-10-2017 dated 20 March 2017

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

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