Gatun Locks lane outage

14 Dec 2020 / Panama Canal, Panama

Beginning at 1800 hours on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, until 0600 hours on Thursday, December 17, 2020 (36 hours), the East Lane of Gatun Locks will be out of service for scheduled miter gate repairs. Concurrently, the East Lane of Miraflores Locks and the West Lane of Pedro Miguel Locks will also be out of service for 24 and 12 hours respectively, in order to perform miter gate maintenance.

As a result, and in accordance with the rules governing the Transit Reservation System (NT Notice to Shipping No. N-7-2020), Condition 2 for the Panamax locks will be in effect on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Applications for reserved transits while Condition 2 is in effect will be received beginning at 0900 hours on Sunday, December 13, 2020. The Just-In-Time (JIT) transit slots available for supers and regulars transiting without restrictions will be one for each direction. The booking slots available through the auction process, and the slots for Neopanamax vessels, will remain unchanged during this period.

(For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Panama, contact GAC Panama at [email protected])

Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No.A-41-2020 dated 10 December 2020

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