ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2022 Panama Canal Authority Vice Presidency for Operations Advisory To Shipping No. A-37-2022 December 6, 2022 TO : All Shipping Agents, Owners, and Operators SUBJECT: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – NOVEMBER 2022 1. Panama Canal Statistical Summary: a. Transit Pilot Force ................................................................................................... ........................268 b. Pilots in Training ................................................................................................... ........................22 c. Tugs ...................................................................................................... ........................46 d. Locomotives .................................................................................................... ........................100 2. Traffic Statistics: Daily Average High Low Arrivals 34.50 44 23 Oceangoing Transits 36.37 42 33 Canal Waters Time (hours) 55.79 86.66 29.30 In-Transit Time (hours) 12.02 16.44 9.78 Oceangoing Transits: Total Daily Average Percentage Vessels of less than 91’ beam 186 6.20 17.05 Vessels 91’ beam to under 107’ beam 610 20.33 55.91 Neopanamax Vessels (107’ beam and over) 295 9.83 27.04 Total: 1,091 36.37 100.00 Booking Slots: Available Used Percentage Neopanamax (vessels of 107’ beam and Over) 230* 231* 1 100.43 Supers (vessels of 91’ beam to under 107’ beam) 390* 367* 1 94.10 Regular Vessels (less than 91' beam) 180* 140*1 77.78 Auctioned booking slots 146 130 89.04 * 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 December 31, 2022. ORIGINAL SIGNED Ilya R. Espino de Marotta Deputy Administrator and Vice President for Operations 3654 (OP-I) V. 1/10/2020 OP, December 6, 2022 Subject: Monthly Canal Operations Summary – NOVEMBER 2022 SCHEDULE OF PANAMAX LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Dates Duration Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Estimated Capacity^ Expected Booking Condition Status November 24, 2022 5 hours West* 30-32 1.a Completed December 2, 2022 8 hours West* 28-30 1.a Completed December 15, 2022 8 hours West* 28-30 1.a Tentative February 8, 2023 4 hours West* 30-32 1.a Tentative February 9, 2023 5 hours West* 30-32 1.a Tentative February 15, 2023 4 hours West* 30-32 1.a Tentative February 16, 2023 5 hours West* 30-32 1.a Tentative SCHEDULE OF NEOPANAMAX LOCKS MAINTENANCE OUTAGES Dates Duration Agua Clara Cocolí Estimated Capacity Expected Booking Condition Status November 22, 2022 4 hours * 9-11 1 Completed December 5, 2022 6 hours * 8-10 1 Completed December 12, 2022 4 hours * 9-11 1 Tentative December 13, 2022 6 hours * 8-10 1 Tentative January 17, 2023 4 hours * 9-11 1 Tentative The normal transit capacity of the Panamax locks is 34-36 vessels per day, depending on vessel mix, neopanamax transits, 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 on