AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS 3654 (OPXI) V. 4-2-2015 ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2016 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-01-2016 January 7, 2016 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – DECEMBER 2015 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ..................................................................................... 277 b. Pilots in Training ..................................................................................... 6 c. Tugs ...................................................................................... 47 d. Locomotives ..................................................................................... 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 32.77 47 24 Oceangoing Transits 33.19 40 24 Canal Waters Time (hours) 24.20 31.83 17.52 In-Transit Time (hours) 12.21 15.96 9.35 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91 ́ beam 307 9.90 29.83 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 722 23.29 70.17 Total: 1,029 33.19 100.00 Vessels 100’ beam and over 619 19.97 60.16 Vessels 900 ́ length and over 127 4.10 12.34 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 434* 434* 1 88.03 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 232* 189* 1 81.47 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 8 8 100.00 Auctioned booking slots 20 9 45.00 *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 January 31, 2015. ORIGINAL SIGNED Nicolás Solano Acting Executive Vice President for Operations OP, January 7, 2016 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – DECEMBER 2015 SCHEDULE OF LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Dates Days/Hrs Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun *Estimated Capacity Expected Booking Condition Status 26-30 December 2015 5 days West Lane*** 24-25 2 Completed 18 January, 2016 5 hours West Lane ** 32-34 1 Tentative 21 January, 2016 5 hours West Lane ** 32-34 1 Tentative 25 January, 2016 5 hours West Lane ** 32-34 1 Tentative 28 January, 2016 5 hours West Lane** 32-34 1 Tentative 1 February, 2016 5 hours West Lane ** 32-34 1 Tentative 4 February, 2016 5 hours West Lane ** 32-34 1 Tentative *The normal transit capacity of the Panama Canal is 35-37 vessels per day, depending on vessel mix and other factors. This capacity is reduced during locks maintenance work, as indicated in the above table. Consequently, vessels may experience delays in transiting. When the Panama Canal’s capacity is expected to be reduced, a corresponding reduction in the number of available reserved transit slots may be ordered by the Canal Authority. Whenever a set of locks requires a major outage of one of its two lanes for dry chamber inspection, miter gate repairs, tow track work or other major maintenance/improvement projects, advantage may be taken to perform simultaneous single lane outages at other locks. **In order to perform gates installation. ***In order to perform dry chamber works Panama Canal Expansion is 96 Percent Complete The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that the Panama Canal expansion project is 96 percent complete and ACP Administrator Jorge L. Quijano provided an update on the proj