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-3-2013 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-01-2013 January 3, 2013 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – December 2012 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ................................................................................................. 287 b. Pilots in Training ................................................................................................. 8 c. Tugs ................................................................................................. 37 d. Locomotives .................................................................................................. 100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 33.90 45 20 Oceangoing Transits 34.29 41 26 Canal Waters Time (hours) 21.11 27.56 16.53 In-Transit Time (hours) 10.55 11.71 8.36 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91' beam 368 11.87 34.62 Vessels 91 ́ beam and over 695 22.42 65.38 Total: 1063 34.29 100 Vessels 100' beam and over 600 19.35 56.44 Vessels 900' length and over 146 4.71 13.73 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Large Vessels (beam 91' and over) 527* 294* 1 55.79 Regular Vessels (beam less than 91') 248 * 139* 1 56.05 Regular Vessels (up to 300' in length) 1 1 100 Auctioned booking slots 0 0 0 *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 January 31, 2013. 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, January 3, 2013 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – DECEMBER 2012 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 Administrator Meets with the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Maritime Organization As part of the ongoing conversations with the shipping industry, a Panama Canal Authority (ACP) delegation headed by Administrator Jorge L. Quijano met with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), a global organization that looks after the interests of ship owners and operators, and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). “These face-to-face meetings are part of the permanent dialogue that the Panama Canal holds with its customers to get feedback on their needs, as well as keep them up to date on what is happening at the waterway,” said Quijano. During these meetin