AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS v. 3- 2-2011 ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2014 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-14-2014 June 3, 2014 TO: All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – May 2014 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ................................................................................................. 280 b. Pilots in Training ................................................................................................. 8 c. Tugs ................................................................................................. 42 d. Locomotives .................................................................................................. 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 30.84 40 22 Oceangoing Transits 31.55 38 24 Canal Waters Time (hours) 26.50 44.09 18.46 In-Transit Time (hours) 11.92 14.87 10.01 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 298 9.61 30.47 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 680 21.94 69.53 Total: 978 31.55 100 Vessels 100' beam and over 575 18.55 58.79 Vessels 900' length and over 125 4.03 12.78 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 499* 402* 1 80.56 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 240* 149* 1 62.08 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 3 3 100.00 Auctioned booking slots 12 3 25.00 *Does not include additional auctioned booking slots ¹ Includes booked transits only 3. The following page provides the scheduled locks maintenance work and other items of interest to the shipping community. 4. This advisory will be canceled for record purposes on June 30, 2014. ORIGINAL SIGNED Esteban G. Sáenz Executive Vice President for Operations AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS v. 28-01-2011 OP, June 3, 2014 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – MAY 2014 SCHEDULE OF LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Dates Days/Hrs Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Estimated Transit Capacity 1 Status May 14-16, 2014 3 days West Lane 25-27 Completed Aug 26 - Sep 2, 2014 8 days West Lane 26-28 Confirmed Note: Changes in red. 1 The actual transit capacity may vary from day to day and will depend on vessel mix, transit restrictions and type of maintenance work being performed. Normally, during periods of reduced transit capacity, a corresponding reduction in the number of available reserved transit slots is ordered by the Authority. During these periods, non-booked vessels may experience delays in transiting. Whenever a set of locks requires an outage of one of its two lanes, advantage may be taken by performing simultaneous work at other locks. Panama Canal to charter neopanamax ship 1 for training in new locks The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Executive Vice President of Operations, Esteban G. Sáenz, reported that the Panama Canal will charter a Neopanamax vessel 1 to train pilots and tugboat captains that will assist in transits through the new lane for the expanded canal. Sáenz said the vessel will be used several months before the opening of the expanded Canal to test the new locks. "This is one of the best ways to train our pilots and tug captains in the joint effort required to transit through the two new lock complexes of the expanded Canal," said Sáenz. He added that since 2011 the P