Booking rules for Panamax Plus vessels

02 Mar 2021 / Panama Canal, Panama

Panamax Plus vessels are currently not allowed to book their transits. Nevertheless, effective April 15, 2021, they will be allowed to participate in the special auction for the additional slot in the Neopanamax locks. As mentioned in Advisory to Shipping A-09-2021 this special auction slot, which has an initial bidding amount of $100,000, will be subject to an In-Transit-Time (ITT) of 36 hours and will be announced with at least 2 days advance notice.

The reserved slots regularly offered throughout the prescribed booking periods, as well as the slots offered due to cancellations, changes in date, or other reasons, remain available only to Neopanamax vessels.

(For information about operations in Panama, contact GAC Panama at [email protected] )

Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No. A-12-2021 dated 1 March 2021

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