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-3-2015 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-06-2015 March 4, 2015 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – FEBRUARY 2015 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ..................................................................................... 285 b. Pilots in Training ..................................................................................... 0 c. Tugs ..................................................................................... 47 d. Locomotives ..................................................................................... 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 34.75 47 23 Oceangoing Transits 34.93 37 33 Canal Waters Time (hours) 30.80 40.77 21.16 In-Transit Time (hours) 12.31 14.61 10.49 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91 ́ beam 304 10.86 31.08 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 674 24.07 68.92 Total: 978 34.93 100 Vessels 100’ beam and over 586 20.93 59.92 Vessels 900 ́ length and over 102 3.64 10.43 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 476* 414* 1 86.97 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 224* 193* 1 86.16 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 11 9 81.82 Auctioned booking slots 20 8 40.00 *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 March 31, 2015. ORIGINAL SIGNED Noris E. Lopez Acting Executive Vice President for Operations 3654 (OPXI) V. 4-2-2015 OP, March 4, 2015 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – FEBRUARY 2015 SCHEDULE OF LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Date s Days/Hrs Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Estimated Capacity Status Ago 24- 4 Sept, 2015 12 days West Lane 24-26 Tentative 1 The normal transit capacity of the Panama Canal is 38-40 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. Normally, during these periods, the Panama Canal Transit Reservation System slots are fully utilized. 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 of this requirement to perform simultaneous single lane outages for additional maintenance at other locks. Panama Canal Listens to Industry Feedback on New Toll Structure in Public Hearing New Toll Structure Reflects Value of the Route and Better Serves Customers Building on more than a year of informal consultations with representatives from various industry segments and after a formal announcement issued on January 5, 2015, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) held on February 27 th a public hearing on its proposal for a new toll structure. The new structure will apply to the existing Canal, as well as to the new lane of traffic when the expansion begins operation in 2016. The new locks will allow shipping lines to transit the Canal with larger vessels, providing greater economies o