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-24-2014 November 6, 2014 TO: All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – OCTOBER 2014 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force .................................................................................... 286 b. Pilots in Training ..................................................................................... 0 c. Tugs ................................................................................... 47 d. Locomotives .................................................................................... 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 33.71 52 24 Oceangoing Transits 34.29 39 29 Canal Waters Time (hours) 32.51 41.72 24.87 In-Transit Time (hours) 12.58 16.00 11.00 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 252 8.13 23.71 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 811 26.16 76.29 Total: 1063 34.29 100 Vessels 100' beam and over 715 23.06 67.26 Vessels 900' length and over 126 4.06 11.68 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 527* 472* 1 89.56 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 248* 118* 1 47.58 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 0 0 0.00 Auctioned booking slots 12 3 25.00 *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 November 30, 2014. ORIGINAL SIGNED Noris E. Lopez Acting Executive Vice President for Operations AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS v. 28-01-2011 OP, November 6, 2014 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – OCTOBER 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 Last Tugboat of New Fleet The Panama Canal received the tug Cerro Ancon on October 9, 2014, the last of the 14 tractor tugs of its new fleet named after geographical landmarks in Panama. These new tugboats with a bollard pull of 80 tons will allow the Canal to offer a more efficient service to global shipping industry and strengthen the waterway's capacity for the operation of the Third Set of Locks. The tugboats have been gradually arriving to Panama from Spain since June 2013. Astilleros Armon, S.A., a Spanish ship-building company, was awarded the contract in September 2011. The tender was opened to wide competition with the particip