AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT v. 3-2-2011 ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2012 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-22-2012 September 3, 2012 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – August 2012 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ................................................................................................. 297 b. Pilots in Training ................................................................................................. 2 c. Tugs ................................................................................................. 32 d. Locomotives .................................................................................................. 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 32.94 44 20 Oceangoing Transits 33.42 41 22 Canal Waters Time (hours) 26.49 42.97 16.94 In-Transit Time (hours) 11.00 13.89 8.58 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 311 10.03 30.02 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 725 23.39 69.98 Total: 1036 33.42 100 Vessels 100' beam and over 641 20.68 61.87 Vessels 900' length and over 136 4.39 13.13 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 499* 356 * 1 71.34 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 240 * 102* 1 42.50 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 0 0 0 Auctioned booking slots 10 7 70.00 *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 September 30, 2012. ORIGINAL SIGNED _______________________________ Manuel E. Benítez Executive Vice President of Operations AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT v. 28-01-2011 OP, September 3, 2012 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – August 2012 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 APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Board of Directors announced the appointment of engineer Manuel Benítez as the new Deputy Administrator of this entity, beginning on September 4, 2012. “The Board of Directors considers that Benítez ́experience and knowledge will contribute to the management of the Panama Canal, as the waterway faces new challenges while maintaining its competitiveness as an international commercial route,” said Canal Affairs Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Roberto Roy. The new Deputy Administrator began his career at the Panama Canal in 1978 as an Apprentice of Precision Instrument Mechanics. In 1986, after earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Electr