AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCY FOR OPERATIONS 3654-A (OPXI) V. 4-2-2015 ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2015 ADVISORY TO SHIPPING No. A-29-2015 September 16, 2015 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Panama Canal Locks Lane Outage and the Transit Reservation System Beginning at 0001 hours on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, until 2359 hours on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (9 days), the WEST lane of Pedro Miguel Locks will be out of service in order to perform scheduled miter gate repairs and maintenance work on the conductor slots and valves. During the same period, there will be intermittent lane outages on the EAST lanes of both Miraflores and Gatun Locks, in order to perform repairs on the conductor slots and other maintenance work. As a result, and in accordance with the rules governing the Transit Reservation System (OP’s Notice to Shipping No. N-7-2015), Condition 2 will be in effect from Tuesday, September 22, 2015, until Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Applications for reserved transits while Condition 2 is in effect will be received beginning at 0900 hours on Saturday, September 19, 2015. The Just-in-Time (JIT) transit slots available for supers will be reduced during this period to one for each direction; whereas the JIT slots for regular vessels transiting without restrictions will remain at one for each direction. The booking slot available through the auction process, as well as the slots available for regular vessels less than 300 feet in LOA, will continue to be offered during this period. This document is cancelled for record purposes on October 31, 2015. ORIGINAL SIGNED Noris E. Lopez S. Acting Executive Vice President for Operations