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East and west Panama shipping lanes out of service for repairs till Friday

THE west lane of Miraflores Panama Canal locks will be out of commission until Friday while dry chamber seal repairs on done on the Miter gates 106-107, 114-115, 118-199 and 122-123.

Also the east lane of Gatun locks will be out of service to effect dry chamber seal repairs on Miter Gates 33 and 34.



Thus, Condition 2 for the Panamax locks will be in effect until Friday, August 26.



The Just-In-Time (JIT) transit slots available for supers will be reduced during this period to one in each direction, whereas the JIT slots for regular vessels transiting without restrictions will remain at one for each direction. 



The booking slot available through the auction process, as well as slots available for regular vessels less than 300 feet in LOA, and the slots for neopanamax vessels, will continue to be offered during this period.
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