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-19-2012 August 7, 2012 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – July 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 33.90 50 21 Oceangoing Transits 34.00 39 30 Canal Waters Time (hours) 21.50 32.47 16.39 In-Transit Time (hours) 10.34 12.35 8.16 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 352 11.35 33.40 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 702 22.65 66.60 Total: 1054 34.00 100 Vessels 100' beam and over 606 19.55 57.50 Vessels 900' length and over 150 4.84 14.23 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 527 * 316* 1 59.95 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 248 * 108* 1 43.55 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 0 0 0 Auctioned booking slots 2 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 August 31, 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, August 7, 2012 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – July 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 to implement plan for reducing carbon emissions in the Watershed The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the National Environmental Authority (ANAM) and the German Agency for International Cooperation to apply mechanisms that will reduce emissions in the Canal Watershed. The agreement is geared to establish the terms and conditions for the design and implementation of a pilot program in the Panama Canal Watershed, compensation mechanisms for the sustainable management of forest resources that can be replicated nationwide, under the parameters of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD +). In a ceremony the document was signed by Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administ