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PANAMA
CANAL NEWS
October 31st, 2007
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LOCKS LANE OUTAGE AND PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY TRANSIT
RESERVATION SYSTEM |
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PANAMA CANAL EXECUTIVES DISCUSS EXPANSION BENEFITS AT
ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT CONFERENCE |
LOCKS LANE OUTAGE AND PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY TRANSIT RESERVATION SYSTEM
Beginning
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at 1600 hours through Thursday, October 25, 2007, at
1800 hours (2 days), the WEST lane of Gatun Locks will be out of service. Relay
operations will be conducted on the EAST lane. Closing the West lane of Gatun
Locks is necessary in order to install the south turntable and perform upper
jaws boring on Miter Gate 16.
As a
result of this work, and pursuant to the rules governing the Transit
Reservation System (MR’s Notice to Shipping No. N-7-2007), a reduction in the
number of available booking slots will be in effect during this period, as
follows:
• From 0001 hours through 2359 hours on October 23,
2007, Condition 1.a will be in effect;
• From 0001 hours on October 24, 2007, through 2359
hours on October 25, 2007, Condition 2 will be in effect.
The
number of slots per direction and restriction during Condition 1.a will be
limited as follows:
• No more than eight (8) supers may be booked for
transit in the southbound direction, and of these, no more than six (6) with
“full daylight-hour” restriction. Similarly, no more than seven (7) supers may
be booked for transit in the northbound direction, and of these, no more than
five (5) with “full daylight-hour” restriction.
• The total number of “full daylight-hour”
restricted supers shall not exceed eight (8) vessels per day.
• No more than four (4) regular vessels may be
booked for transit in the same direction.
• Of the six slots available for regular vessels,
no more than two (2) may be allocated to regular vessels transiting under
restrictions.
Applications
for reserved transits under these conditions will be received commencing 0900
hours October 20, 2007. The booking slot available through the Auction Process
will continue to be offered during this period
PANAMA CANAL EXECUTIVES DISCUSS EXPANSION
BENEFITS AT ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT CONFERENCE
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), along with the Government of
Panama, participated in The Business Roundtable October 24, organized by
Economist Conferences, a division of the Economist Intelligence Unit in Panama.
Conference attendees included senior government and global business leaders
from the maritime, financial, technology and construction industry.
The Government Roundtable was inaugurated Tuesday, October 23 by
Panama's President Martín Torrijos and continued today with the opening session
Reaping the Benefits of the Panama Canal Expansion. During the forum, Vice
President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Lewis Navarro, ACP Board of
Directors Chairman and Minister of Canal Affairs Dani Kuzniecky, ACP Administrator/CEO
Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Coyne et Bellier's Executive Vice President for
Strategy and Development, Jean Binquet discussed the importance of the Canal's
expansion as one of the main projects for the country's economic development.
Panama is leveraging its two primary assets, its natural
geographic position and the Panama Canal, to create an aggressive development
strategy. Key to Panama's strategic location is the waterway, whose
expansion, is promoting development in sectors such as tourism, logistics,
construction, and insurance.
The expansion will build a new lane of traffic along the Panama
Canal through the construction of a third set of locks, which will double
capacity and allow more traffic, longer and wider ships.