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AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS 3654-A (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-3-2018 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-30-2018 September 4, 2018 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Gatun Locks Lane Outage and the Transit Reservation System Beginning at 0001 hours on Sunday, September 9, 2018, until 1200 hours on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 (2.5 days), the East lane of Gatun Locks will be out of service for scheduled dry chamber maintenance work. As a result, and in accordance with the rules governing the Transit Reservation System (OP’s Notice to Shipping No. N-7-2018), Condition 2 for the Panamax locks will be in effect from Sunday, September 9, 2018 through Tuesday September 11, 2018. Applications for reserved transits while Condition 2 is in effect will be received beginning at 0900 hours on Thursday, September 6, 2018. The Just-In-Time (JIT) transit slots available for supers will be reduced during this period to one for each direction, 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. This document is cancelled for record purposes on September 30, 2018. ORIGINAL SIGNED Esteban G. Sáenz Executive Vice President for Operations
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