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-3-2011 OP’S ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-19-2011 Septem ber 7, 2011 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – August 2011 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force .................................................................................................282 b. Pilots in Training .................................................................................................12 c. Tugs .................................................................................................32 d. Locomotives ..................................................................................................100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 31.45 45 23 Oceangoing Transits 31.32 39 21 Canal Waters Time (hours) 27.72 38.66 18.83 In-Transit Time (hours) 11.00 15.04 9.16 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 345 11.13 35.53 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 626 20.19 64.47 Total: 971 31.32 Vessels 100' beam and over 539 17.39 55.51 Vessels 900' length and over 133 4.29 13.70 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 471* 350* 1 74.31 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 232* 141* 1 60.78 *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 September 30, 2011. ORIGINAL SIGNED _______________________________ Manuel E. Benítez Executive Vice President of Operations AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ 3654 (OPXI) OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT v. 28-01-2011 OP, September 7, 2011 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – August 2011 SCHEDULE OF LOCKS MAINTENANCE WORK Dates Days Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Estimated Transit Capacity 1 Status Aug. 10, 2011 1 East Lane 32-34 Completed Aug. 11-14, 2011 3 West Lane* 24-26 Completed Aug. 18, 2011 1 East Lane 32-34 Completed Aug. 27-Sept. 3, 2011 6 West Lane 26-28 Completed Ago 29-Sept. 1, 2011 4 West Lane* 24-26 Completed Nov. 15, 2011 0.5 East Lane 32-34 Tentative Nov. 17, 2011 0.5 East Lane 32-34 Tentative *The west lane at Pedro Miguel locks will be closed for approximately 96 hours due to maintenance dredging in the proximity of the southwest centerwall. 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 Host First-Ever International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress  CONGRESS IN APRIL 2012 WILL CONVENE WORLD-RENOWN ENGINEERING EXPERTS TO INCLUDE EXCLUSIVE CANAL EXPANSION SITE VISIT The CEO of the Panama Canal, Ad