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-3-2014 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-23-2014 October 6, 2014 TO: All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – SEPTEMBER 2014 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force .................................................................................... 286 b. Pilots in Training ..................................................................................... 6 c. Tugs ................................................................................... 45 d. Locomotives .................................................................................... 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 32.07 43 19 Oceangoing Transits 33.73 40 20 Canal Waters Time (hours) 38.80 71.63 20.52 In-Transit Time (hours) 12.72 16.06 10.38 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 254 8.47 25.10 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 758 25.27 74.90 Total: 1,012 33.73 100 Vessels 100' beam and over 661 22.03 65.32 Vessels 900' length and over 118 3.93 11.66 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 496* 461* 1 92.94 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 236* 148* 1 62.71 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 0 0 0.00 Auctioned booking slots 18 15 83.33 *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 October 31, 2014. ORIGINAL SIGNED Esteban G. Sáenz Executive Vice President for Operations AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS v. 28-01-2011 OP, October 6, 2014 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – SEPTEMBER 2014 SCHEDULE OF LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Date s Days/Hrs Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Estimated Capacity Status November 14, 2014 10 hrs. East Lane 32-34 Confirmed November 21, 2014 10 hrs. East Lane 32-34 Confirmed July 20-30, 2015 10 days West Lane 24-26 Tentative 1 The actual transit capacity may vary from day to day and will depend on vessel mix, transit restrictions and type of maintenance work being performed. Normally, during periods of reduced transit capacity, a corresponding reduction in the number of available reserved transit slots is ordered by the Authority. During these periods, non-booked vessels may experience delays in transiting. Whenever a set of locks requires an outage of one of its two lanes, advantage may be taken by performing simultaneous work at other locks. Panama Canal Receives Third Shipment of Gates for Expansion The third shipment of four gates for the new locks of the Panama Canal Expansion arrived at the Atlantic entrance of the waterway. The four gates arrived Sunday, September 7 th on board the Post-Panamax vessel Xia Zhi Yuan 6, owned by COSCO Ocean Shipping. The shipment began its journey from Trieste, Italy, on August 17 th before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to reach the entrance of the Panama Canal, where they were unloaded onto a special temporary dock. Only one shipment is remaining to receive all 16 gates required for the Third Set of Locks project. The first gate shipment arrived in Panama on Augu