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BOYD |
STEAMSHIP CORPORATION
AGENTS AT THE
PANAMA CANAL FOUNDED
IN 1909 |
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PANAMA
CANAL NEWS
November 15th, 2007
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LOCKS LANE OUTAGE AND PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY TRANSIT
RESERVATION SYSTEM |
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MONTHLY CANAL OPERATIONS SUMMARY – OCTOBER 2007 |
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF LOCK MAINTENANCE WORK - ONE YEAR |
LOCKS LANE OUTAGE AND PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY TRANSIT RESERVATION SYSTEM
Beginning
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at 0001 hours through Thursday, November 22, 2007,
at 0500 hours (approximately 2 days), the EAST lane of Miraflores Locks will be
out of service. Relay operations will be conducted on the WEST lane. Closing
the East lane of Miraflores Locks is necessary in order to perform dry chamber
repairs to Miter Gate 113. This unscheduled repair became evident during
maintenance work executed during the month of October.
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 on November 20, 2007, through
2359 hours on November 21, 2007, Condition 2 will be in effect;
• From 0001 hours through 2359 hours on November
22, 2007, Condition 1.a 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 November 17, 2007. The booking slot available through the Auction Process
will continue to be offered during this period.
MONTHLY CANAL OPERATIONS SUMMARY
– OCTOBER 2007
1. Panama
Canal Statistic Summary:
2. Traffic
Statistics:
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 November 30, 2007.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF LOCK MAINTENANCE WORK - ONE YEAR
