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ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2021 Panama Canal Authority Vice Presidency for Operations Advisory to Shipping No. A-20-2022 June 7, 2022 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – MAY 2022 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ................................................................................................... ........................270 b. Pilots in Training ................................................................................................... ........................16 c. Tugs ...................................................................................................... ........................46 d. Locomotives .................................................................................................... ........................100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 34.81 49 24 Oceangoing Transits 35.35 39 32 Canal Waters Time (hours) 44.78 68.92 26.33 In-Transit Time (hours) 10.73 12.19 9.44 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91’ beam 187 6.03 17.06 Vessels 91’ beam to under 107’ beam 625 20.16 57.03 Neopanamax Vessels (107’ beam and over) 284 9.16 25.91 Total: 1,096 35.35 100.00 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Neopanamax Vessels (107’ beam and Over) 244* 226* 1 92.62 Large Vessels (91’ beam to under 107’ beam) 403* 386* 1 95.78 Regular Vessels (less than 91' beam) 186* 151* 1 81.18 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 0 0 0 Auctioned booking slots 116 83 71.55 * 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 June 30, 2022. ORIGINAL SIGNED Ilya R. Espino de Marotta Deputy Administrator and Vice President for Operations 3654 (OP-I) V. 1/10/2020 OP, June 7, 2022 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – MAY 2022 SCHEDULE OF PANAMAX LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Dates Duration Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Estimated Capacity^ Expected Booking Condition Status May 7, 2022 7 hours East* 29-31 1.a Completed May 8, 2022 12 hours West* 24-26 1.a Completed May 9, 2022 12 hours East* 24-26 1.a Completed May 10 to 19, 2022 10 days *** 26-28 1.a Completed May 19, 2022 12 hours West* 24-26 1.a Completed May 20, 2022 12 hours East* 24-26 1.a Completed May 23, 2022 6 hours East* 29-31 1.a Completed May 25, 2022 8 hours East* 29-31 1.a Completed May 30, 2022 4 hours West* 31-33 1.a Completed June 1, 2 and 3, 2022 5 hours per day East* 31-33 1.a Completed June 8, 2022 10 hours East* 25-27 1.a Confirmed June 15 and 16, 2022 5 hours per day West* 30-32 1.a Tentative June 20, 2022 8 hours East* 28-30 1.a Tentative June 22 and 23, 2022 4 hours per day East* 31-33 1.a Tentative June 24, 2022 8 hours West* 28-30 1.a Tentative June 27, 2022 6 hours East* 29-31 1.a Tentative July 4 to 12, 2022 8.5 days East** 21-23 2 Tentative July 5, 2022 1 day West** 21-23 2 Tentative July 7, 2022 12 hours East* 21-23 2 Tentative July 8, 2022 12 hours West* 21-23 2 Tentative SCHEDULE OF NEOPANAMAX LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Dates Duration Agua Clara Cocolí Estimated Capacity Expected Booking Condition Status May 23, 2022 4 hours * 9-10 ^^ Completed ^The normal transit capacity of the Panamax l
Advisory A-20-2022: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – MAY 2022
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