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-05-2015 February 4, 2015 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary –JANUARY 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 33.81 46 25 Oceangoing Transits 33.58 40 27 Canal Waters Time (hours) 27.71 39.25 18.26 In-Transit Time (hours) 12.58 14.40 10.62 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91 ́ beam 321 10.35 30.84 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 720 23.23 69.16 Total: 1041 33.58 100 Vessels 100’ beam and over 628 20.26 60.33 Vessels 900 ́ length and over 122 3.94 11.72 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 527* 417* 1 79.13 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 248* 181* 1 72.98 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 3 3 100.00 Auctioned booking slots 13 1 7.69 *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, 2015. ORIGINAL SIGNED Esteban G. Sáenz Executive Vice President for Operations 3654 (OPXI) V. 4-2-2015 OP, February 4, 2015 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary –JANUARY 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 Expansion Update: First Gate Installed in Pacific New Locks Carried to its final destination on self-propelled motorized wheel transporters (SPMTs) with more than 400 wheels each, the first gate for the new locks in the Pacific side was installed on January, marking another important milestone for the Panama Canal Expansion Program. Overall, the Canal expansion is currently 85 percent complete. This gate, located in what is known as lock head one, is the first of eight gates that will be installed in the new locks in the Pacific side of the waterway. The steel rolling gate is eight (8) meters wide, 57.6 meters long and 22.28 meters in height, weighing 2,300 tons.