Culvert outage

27 Aug 2021 / Panama Canal

From 0700 hours on Tuesday, 31 August till 1600 hours on Saturday, 11 September 2021, the centre wall culvert of Miraflores Locks will be out of service for scheduled maintenance.

Although the culvert maintenance will increase the time required to fill and empty the chamber in both lanes at Miraflores locks, this should not have a significant effect in the capacity of the Panamax locks so as to warrant a booking condition change.

Since the culvert outage is at Miraflores Locks, Neopanamax vessels should not be affected as a result of this maintenance.

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

Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No. A-35-2021 dated 26 August 2021

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