ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2023 Panama Canal Authority Vice Presidency for Operations Advisory T o S hipping No. A-39-2024 October 30, 2024 TO: All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Scheduled Maintenance at Miraflores Locks and Modifications to the Transit Reservation (Booking) System The West Lane of Miraflores Locks will be out of service due to concrete maintenance on the West Southend approach wall from 0001 hours on Saturday, November 23, 2024, until 2359 hours on Sunday, November 24, 2024 (48 hours). During this period, and in accordance with the rules governing the Transit Reservation (Booking) System, the number of slots available to supers and regular vessels will be reduced. During Booking Period 2, five (5) booking slots will be offered to supers and no booking slots will be offered to regular vessels. No booking slots will be offered during Booking Period 3 for supers and regulars. The total number of slots available to supers and regulars will be 13 and 3 respectively. Applications for booking transit slots while this condition is in effect will be received at the opening of the 2nd Period tiebreaker Competition from November 9 to 10, 2024, for booking dates from November 23 to November 24, 2024. The Just-In Time (JIT) transit slots available for supers and regular vessels transiting without restrictions will remain at one (1) per direction. Previously published rules regarding the Transit Advancement Service, as well as the slots that are carried over from previous periods or become available due to cancelations or other reasons, will still apply during the maintenance period. As a reference, the following table summarizes the slot distribution per Booking Period for the Panamax and Neopanamax Locks for booking dates from November 23, 2024, to November 24, 2024: *Includes the “conditioned” slot Additionally, during the maintenance period, of the total number of slots available to supers, no more than seven (7) supers may be booked for transit in each direction, and of these, no more than two (2) with daylight restrictions per direction. The combined number of daylight restricted vessels shall not exceed four (4) vessels. Similarly, no more than two (2) regular vessels may be booked for transit per direction, and of these, no more than one (1) may be allocated to vessels transiting with restrictions per direction for a total of one (1) vessel with restriction per transit date. 3654-A (OP-I) V. 29/03/2023 3654-A (OP-I) V. 29/03/2023 OP, October 30, 2024 Subject: Scheduled Maintenance at Miraflores Locks and Modifications to the Transit Reservation (Booking) System Once the maintenance is complete, the 20 slots for supers and the 6 slots for regular vessels will be reinstated for booking dates beginning November 25, 2024. For inquiries regarding these rules, please contact: operationservices@pancanal.com. ORIGINAL SIGNED Boris Moreno Vásquez Vice President for Operations