AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ VICE PRESIDENCY FOR TRANSIT BUSINESS 3654 (NTXI) V. 8-1-2019 ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAs OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2019 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-30-2019 August 8, 2019 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – JULY 2019 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force .............................................................................................................. 267 b. Pilots in Training .............................................................................................................. 32 c. Tugs .............................................................................................................. 46 d. Locomotives .............................................................................................................. 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 33.00 44 26 Oceangoing Transits 32.29 36 29 Canal Waters Time (hours) 24.85 34.92 18.89 In-Transit Time (hours) 10.40 12.90 8.80 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91’ beam 185 5.97 18.48 Vessels 91’ beam to under 107’ beam 553 17.84 55.24 Neopanamax Vessels (107’ beam and over) 263 8.48 26.27 Total: 1,001 32.29 100 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Neopanamax Vessels (107’ beam and Over) 248 208 83.87 Large Vessels (91’ beam to under 107’ beam) 455* 259* 1 56.92 Regular Vessels (less than 91' beam) 244* 112* 1 45.90 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 0 0 0 Auctioned booking slots 2 2 100.00 * Does not include additional auctioned booking slots ¹ Includes booked transits only 3. The following pages provide 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, 2019. ORIGINAL SIGNED Rogelio A. Gordon, Acting Vice President for Transit Business NT, August 8, 2019 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – JULY 2019 SCHEDULE OF PANAMAX LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Dates Duration Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Estimated Capacity^ Expected Booking Condition^ Status August 20, 2019 10 hours East* 28-30 1.a Tentative August 24, 2019 12 hours West Lane* East* 27-29 1.a Tentative August 25, 2019 12 hours West* 27-29 1.a Tentative August 26, to September 6, 2019 10 days Centerwall*** 27-29 1.a Tentative September 5, 2019 12 hours East* 27-29 1.a Tentative September 6, 2019 12 hours West* 27-29 1.a Tentative September 12, 2019 10 hours East* 28-30 1.a Tentative September 24 to October 1, 2019 8 days East* 22-24 2 Tentative The normal transit capacity of the Panamax locks is 32-34 vessels per day and 8-9 vessels in the Neopanamax Locks, depending on vessel mix, transit restrictions and other factors. This capacity is reduced during locks maintenance work, as indicated in the above table. Consequently, vessels may experience delays in transiting. When the Panama Canal’s capacity is expected to be reduced, a corresponding reduction in the number of available reserved transit slots may be ordered by the Canal Authority. 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 to perform simultaneous single lane outages at other locks. * In order to perform scheduled maintenance works *