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-3-2013 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-04-2013 February 6, 2013 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – January 2013 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ................................................................................................. 287 b. Pilots in Training ................................................................................................. 8 c. Tugs ................................................................................................. 37 d. Locomotives .................................................................................................. 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 34.19 49 24 Oceangoing Transits 33.97 39 27 Canal Waters Time (hours) 23.20 32.28 15.86 In-Transit Time (hours) 10.44 13.78 9.15 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 373 12.03 35.42 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 680 21.94 64.58 Total: 1053 33.97 100 Vessels 100' beam and over 588 18.97 55.84 Vessels 900' length and over 146 4.71 13.87 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 520* 290* 1 55.77 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 246* 131* 1 53.25 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 0 0 0 Auctioned booking slots 3 0 0 *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 February 28, 2013. ORIGINAL SIGNED _______________________________ Noris E. Lopez Acting Executive Vice President for Operations AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS v. 28-01-2011 OP, February 6, 2013 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – JANUARY 2013 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 H olds Fir st I nter national M aintenance Congr ess Experts f rom ei ght countri es meet to share thei r knowl edge On January 16, 2013, the Panama Canal A uthority (A CP) i naugurated the Fi rst I nternati onal M ai ntenance Congress, hi ghl i ghti ng a cul ture of prof i tabi l i ty, mai ntenance and sustai nabi l i ty f or busi nesses. Experts f rom the Uni ted States, Chi l e, Costa Ri ca, Col ombi a, M exi co, Brazi l , Uruguay and Panama par t ici pat ed. The three day congress was hel d i n the A scani o A rosemena Trai ni ng Center and prof essi onal s i n the f i el ds of mai ntenance and engi neeri ng attended, shari ng thei r knowl edge and experi ences i n trai ni